Why nurses should care about polygenic risk scores
Polygenic risk scores can be an invaluable tool for risk stratification and facilitate targeted intervention to prevent and manage cardiovascular disease. This editorial explains how nurses can play a key role in implementing polygenic risk scores into clinical practice effectively and ethically.
Authors
- Teofila Bueser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9222-1705)
- Stephen James Nicholls (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9668-4368)
- Adam J. Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-2548)
- Ruofei Trophy Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1026-9922)
Institutions
- St Thomas' Hospital (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Cardiac Nursing
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2025.0008
- Primary Topic
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00