NURSING GENETICS

Catalog description

This course provides the BSN degree-seeking student with a basic understanding of genetics from a nursing perspective. It is designed to help students expand their learning about basic concepts of molecular genetics, gene expression, and genomics as it applies to health issues through the life span and how it influences specific health problems, and ethical concerns. Specific health topics of behavioral health, cardiovascular disease, cancer, immunity, and responses to medications will be applied to nursing issues in diverse contexts. Pre-requisite: Admission to the basic BSN, LPN-BSN, RN-BSN track, or instructor permission.