The role and potential contribution of clinical research nurses to clinical trials

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 549-557

  Spilsbury, Karen ^a   Petherick, Emily ^a   Cullum, Nicky ^a   Nelson, Andrea ^b   Nixon, Jane ^b   Mason, Su ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical research nurse; Clinical trials; Management; Nursing; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DECUBITUS; EDUCATION; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SELF EFFICACY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 38149007687     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01872.x     Document Type: Article

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