Genomics

Department of Health and Social Care (2021) UK rare diseases framework.

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Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and Office for Life Sciences (2021) Genome UK: 2021 to 2022 implementation plan.

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Davies S C (2017) Chief Medical Officer annual report 2016: generation genome. London: Department of Health.

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Department of Health, Social Services & Public Safety (2015) The Northern Ireland implementation plan for rare diseases.

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Genetics in Nursing and Midwifery Task and Finish Group (2011) Genetics/genomics in nursing and midwifery: report to the Nursing and Midwifery Professional Advisory Board.

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HM Government (2020) Genome UK: the future of healthcare.

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NHS England: Genomics

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NHS Choices: Genetics.

• Information aimed at the public.
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Scottish Government (2018) Rare disease Scotland: progress report, Edinburgh: Scottish Government.

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Topol E (2019) The Topol review: preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future. An independent report on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. (no place): Health Education England.

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Welsh Rare Disease Implementation Group (2017) Welsh rare diseases implementation plan.

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Welsh Government (2017) Genomics for precision medicine strategy.

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American Nurses Association and Society of Nurses in Genetics International (2016) Genetics/Genomics nursing: scope and standards of practice. 2nd edn. American Nurses Association.

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Beery T and Workman M L (2018) Genetics and genomics in nursing and health care. 2nd edn. Philadelphia, F. A. Davis Company.

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Clarke A (2019) Harper’s practical genetic counselling. 8th edn. Milton Keynes: Taylor & Francis Group.

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Dhar S, Nagamani S and Eble T (2020) Handbook of clinical adult genetics and genomics: a practice-based approach, London: Elsevier Science & Technology.

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Edwards Q T and Maradiegue A (2017) Genetics and genomics in nursing: guidelines for conducting a risk assessment. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

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Genomics Education Programme and Health Education England (2017) The genomics game. London: Focus Games.

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Gunder McClary L M (2018) Essentials of medical genetics for nursing and health professionals: an interprofessional approach. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC.

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Harper P (2020) The evolution of medical genetics: a British perspective, Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis Group.

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Lashley F R and Kasper C E (2015) Lashley’s essentials of clinical genetics in nursing practice. 2 edn. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

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Seibert D (2016) Genomic essentials for graduate level nurses. Lancaster, PA: DEStech.

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Skirton H and Patch C (2009) Genetics for the health sciences: a handbook for clinical healthcare. 2nd edn. Banbury: Scion Publishing.

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Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

• Genomics
• Genetic nursing
• Genetic counselling
• Genetic screening/testing
• Pharmacogenomics

Use these links to see details of journal articles on each topic.

• Ethics and genetics
• Genetic counselling
• Genetics and paediatric nursing
• Genetics education for nurses
• Genetic testing
• Genomic medicine
• Genomic nursing
• Personalised medicine
• Pharmacogenomics
• Prenatal genetics

• Open access journal:
  BMC Medical Genomics
• Genes and Development
• Human Genomics
• Journal of Genetic Counseling
• Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine
• Nature Reviews: Genetics

Genomics England (2015) The 100,000 Genomes project – Jessica’s story (video).

NHS Health Education England (2018) Genomics education programme: nursing in the genomic era (video).

Future Learn: Whole genome sequencing: decoding the language of life and health.

• A free 3-week course that explores the application of this technology in healthcare and the benefit it brings to patients.
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NHS Health Education England Genomics Education Programme (2018) Genomics in healthcare (e-learning module).

• This course introduces genomics and how it is and will be applied in healthcare. If you work for the NHS, a partner or a UK university, access is free.
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NHS Health Education England Genomics Education Programme (2021) Nursing educator’s toolkit (teaching resource).

• This toolkit has been developed to support educators delivering the subject as part of their pre-registration training programmes.
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