Thesis abstract:

«p»«p»«p»AIM: The aim of this research program is to explore the experience of paediatric intensive care nurses integrating genomic healthcare into their clinical practice, and to provide recommendations to support optimal integration. This will require an understanding of how paediatric intensive care nurses currently experience genomic healthcare, how they develop their understanding of their role in precision healthcare, and how they incorporate it into their clinical practice. METHODOLOGY: A mixed methods systematic review of the literature will be conducted to explore the current evidence base for the integration of genomics into paediatric nursing clinical practice, and will seek to identify the barriers and enabling factors for optimal genomic healthcare integration in this clinical specialty setting. Quantitative survey methodology will be applied to explore the current scope of genomic healthcare integration in Australian and New Zealand paediatric intensive care units (PICU’s). Quantitative survey work will inform subsequent qualitative inquiry into the experience of PICU nurses integrating precision healthcare into their clinical practice, through interviews. Hermeneutic phenomenology and interpretive phenomenological analysis of interview data will be applied. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: This research will provide a new understandings of how nurses experience care provision in the rapidly evolving era of genomic healthcare. Findings will illuminate Australian and New Zealand paediatric critical care nurses’ genomic literacy, competence, confidence, preparedness, and attitudes which have been largely unexplored in this clinical setting. It is expected that this research will provide insight into what Intensive Care nurses require in order to be supported in their genomic nursing practice. Recommendations for a model of support will provide guidance for application beyond the research context.«/p»«/p»