Nurses Collaborating with Cross Disciplinary Networks: Starting to Integrate Genomics into Practice
Abstract
Nurses and other health-care providers are poised to include
genetic discoveries into practice settings and to translate such
knowledge for consumer benefit within culturally appropriate
contexts. Nurses must seek collaboration with multi-disciplinary
networks both locally and internationally. They must
also capitalize on the expertise of other seasoned researchers
in order to gain national and iniernational exposure, recognitiion, and funding. Scholarly tailgating is using network
relationships to achieve one's professional goals, and capitalizing
on expert knowledge from seasoned researchers, educators,
and practitioners from diverse international groups. By using
scholarly tailgating principles, nurses can become important
agents of change for multi-disciplinary networks, and thereby
assist in decreasing health disparities. The purpose of this document
is to encourage and inspire nurses to seek collaborative
multi-disciplinary networks to enable genomic integration into
health-care practice and education. Strategies for integrating
genomics into practice settings are discussed.