Genetic Education Program

About the Genetics Education Program for Nurses

The Genetics Education Program for Nurses (GEPN) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center provides access to continuing education, helping nurses meet genetic and genomic nursing competencies, and instructional resources to help nursing faculty add genetics and genomics content to their curricula. As an extension of the Genetics Program for Nursing Faculty (GPNF), originally funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Health Resources and Services Administration, the GEPN has provided teacher facilitated courses to more than 400 nurses and independent self-paced training modules to more than 1,900 nurses.

Accreditation

Cincinnati Children’s (OH-046/9-1-12) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Disclosures

The presenters have declared no conflict of interest related to this program.

Learn more about programs offered through the GEPN

• Web-Based Genetics Institute (18-week teacher-facilitated online offering)
  Next session: Jan. 20 - May 25, 2012; Orientation begins Jan. 16, 2012
  
• Applying Genomics in Nursing Practice (five-week teacher facilitated online offering)
  Next session: Mar. 16 - Apr. 20, 2012; Orientation begins Mar. 12, 2012
  
• Independent Self Paced modules (all materials online)

Instructional Resources

Use the following resources to learn more about genetics and genomics for nurses

• Genetics is Relevant Now: Nurses’ Views and Patient Stories (online, multimedia, self-paced)
• Free Multimedia Presentations
• Nursing Curriculum Modules
• External Genetics Resources Helpful for Nurses

GEPN History