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Persistent Misconceptions About Mutations Among Graduate Nursing Students, Jane Garvin, Beverly Collins
Persistent Misconceptions About Mutations Among Graduate Nursing Students, Jane Garvin, Beverly Collins
Nursing Collection
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to determine the ongoing misconceptions about mutations, an area of rising public interest, among graduate nursing students.
Design
Using a prospective cohort design, graduate students entering a public university in the Fall of 2014 were followed to graduation in the Fall of 2016.
Methods
Knowledge of mutations was assessed with an anonymous pre-test and post-test using three items from the Genomic Nursing Concept Inventory - 2011 beta version developed by Ward. Differences in pre-test and post-test scores were assessed by T-test. Post-test items with > 30% marked incorrectly were examined further; the most frequent …