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Academic ProgramsCurrently there are several master's or Nursing Doctorate programs available to nurses who wish to specialize in Genetics. Although nurses in the past have been eligible to sit for the Genetic Counselor Certification exam, eligibility now requires an MS in Genetic Counseling. ISONG currently offers a credential of Advanced Practice for nurses who have a nursing masters or doctorate with a genetics specialty.Career Opportunities after graduation include: Prenatal/antenatal testing and screening centers; specialty clinics with high risk genetic populations across the lifespan and across nursing specialties i.e. Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Huntington's Chorea, infertility centers, Genetic Centers as a Clinical Nurse Specialist, newborn screening programs with state health departments, and teaching at undergraduate or graduate levels in nursing education. The programs are:
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