Eckardt Patricia, Hammer Marilyn J, Barton-Burke Margaret, McCabe Margaret, Kovner Christine T, Behrens Liza, Reens Heather, Coller Barry S
Heilbrunn Family Center for Research Nursing, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY, USA.
J Clin Transl Sci. 2017 Oct;1(5):269-270. doi: 10.1017/cts.2017.294. Epub 2017 Nov 16.
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.
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.
A pilot modular electronic curriculum, including knowledge pretest and post-tests, in clinical research nursing and nurse-specific Good Clinical Practice competencies was developed.
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.
护士对于研究事业至关重要。然而，并非所有护士都准备好作为研究团队成员参与其中，因为临床研究护理及护士特定的良好临床实践方面的教育与培训并未始终纳入护理课程。临床研究及良好临床实践方面护士教育与培训的缺失，使得研究参与者易受伤害，因为护理人员未准备好平衡对方案的忠实度与患者的优质护理及安全。
建立了一个临床与转化科学奖及其他领域内护士的协作网络，以满足这一教育与培训需求。在两年时间里，该团队利用专家意见、德尔菲法以及效度和信度测量方法构建了课程和知识测试项目。
开发了一个试点模块化电子课程，包括临床研究护理及护士特定的良好临床实践能力方面的知识预测试和后测试。
随着临床研究的范围和环境发生变化，所有执业护士，无论其执业环境或专业如何，都可能会护理参与研究方案的患者，从本质上讲，所有护士都成为了临床研究护士。本方案开发的课程将满足该劳动力的教育与培训需求。
