Capili Bernadette, Baker Laura, Thangthaeng Nopporn, Legor Kristen, Larkin Mary E, Jones Carolynn T
Director, Heilbrunn Family Center for Research Nursing, New York, NY, USA.
Senior Director, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
J Res Nurs. 2022 Mar;27(1-2):68-77. doi: 10.1177/17449871211070972. Epub 2022 Apr 1.
Clinical Research Nurses (CRNs) care for study participants and manage clinical research studies; yet the CRN practice role is rarely covered in undergraduate nursing curricula in the United States. Despite a burgeoning need for CRNs, the pipeline of clinical research nurse positions remains sparse. The International Association of Clinical Research Nurses's (IACRN) strategic goal to "engage with nursing schools to heighten awareness and inclusion of the CRN role competencies in nursing education" prompted the development of an educational lecture module to be disseminated to nursing schools. This project is a pilot launch of the module.
A task force of IACRN was formed to develop educational materials that could be used as outreach to undergraduate nursing schools. The content included a slide presentation covering an overview of clinical research, the CRN practice, three embedded videos showing CRN and study participant perspectives, and coverage of the care of participants of research by staff nurses. Due to COVID-19 we revised our live lecture approach using either a live synchronous webinar presentation, or an embedded asynchronous course module with YouTube videos for course learning management systems. We presented the content to 408 nursing students attending three academic programs. To evaluate effectiveness and satisfaction, an anonymous, post-presentation survey using web-based Qualtrics was distributed to students.
Content and delivery of the module was positively evaluated. There was an improvement in knowledge in each topic. Evaluation responses showed that the content could likely or very likely improve care for their patients (87.4%) and improve patient education for patients in clinical trials (95%).
Delivering a synchronous or asynchronous module about the CRN practice role to nursing students in academic nursing programs is valuable to increasing awareness of the care of patients in clinical trials, the CRN role, and future professional development.
临床研究护士（CRNs）负责照顾研究参与者并管理临床研究；然而，美国本科护理课程中很少涉及CRN的实践角色。尽管对CRNs的需求迅速增长，但临床研究护士职位的人才储备仍然不足。国际临床研究护士协会（IACRN）的战略目标是“与护理学院合作，提高对CRN角色能力的认识，并将其纳入护理教育”，这促使开发了一个教育讲座模块，以推广到各护理学院。本项目是该模块的试点推出。
IACRN成立了一个特别工作组，以开发可用于向本科护理学院进行推广的教育材料。内容包括一个幻灯片演示文稿，涵盖临床研究概述、CRN实践、三个展示CRN和研究参与者观点的嵌入式视频，以及对普通护士照顾研究参与者的介绍。由于新冠疫情，我们修改了现场讲座方式，采用实时同步网络研讨会演示，或为课程学习管理系统提供带有YouTube视频的嵌入式异步课程模块。我们向参加三个学术项目的408名护理专业学生展示了相关内容。为了评估有效性和满意度，我们使用基于网络的Qualtrics向学生分发了一份匿名的讲座后调查问卷。
该模块的内容和授课方式得到了积极评价。每个主题的知识都有所提高。评估反馈表明，这些内容很可能或极有可能改善他们对患者的护理（87.4%），并改善对临床试验患者的患者教育（95%）。
向护理学术项目中的护理专业学生提供关于CRN实践角色的同步或异步模块，对于提高对临床试验中患者护理、CRN角色以及未来职业发展的认识具有重要价值。
