Ruth Lebet and Paule V. Joseph, authors of “Knowledge of Precision Medicine and Health Care: An Essential Nursing Competency.”

AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with authors Ruth Lebet and Paule V. Joseph about their article, which provides a background in precision health care and the “omics” sciences—those that use genomic technologies to investigate the molecules in an organism’s cells—and discusses the implications for nursing practice, research, and education.