Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Nurses are critical to the research enterprise. However all nurses are not prepared to participate as members of the research team since education and training in clinical research nursing and nurse-specific Good Clinical Practice are not consistently included in nursing curricula. The lack of nurse education and training in clinical research and Good Clinical Practice leaves research participants vulnerable with a nursing workforce that is not prepared to balance fidelity to protocol and patient quality care and safety. METHODS: A collaborative network of nurses within Clinical and Translational Science Awards and beyond was established to address this education and training need. Over a 2-year period, using expert opinion, Delphi methods, and measures of validity and reliability the team constructed curriculum and knowledge test items. RESULTS: A pilot modular electronic curriculum, including knowledge pretest and post-tests, in clinical research nursing and nurse-specific Good Clinical Practice competencies was developed. CONCLUSIONS: As the scope and setting of clinical research changes, it is likely that all practicing nurses, regardless of their practice setting or specialty, will care for patients on research protocol, making all nurses, in essence, clinical research nurses. The curriculum developed by this protocol will address that workforce education and training need.
DOI: 10.1017/cts.2017.294
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,200
Awards: G112449207, G2051006376, G289723095, G4102770861, G6720789042, Treatment and Outcomes in Diabetic Breast Cancer Patients, G9000003249, G9000202655, Cancer Center Support Grant, Clinical and Translational Science Award, Developing, Demonstrating, and Disseminating Innovative Programs to Achieve Translational Success
OpenAlex ID: W3176416950