Clinical Research Nurses' online community webpage
Welcome to the community webpage for Clinical Research Nurses, hosted by the RCN Research Society. This is a virtual resource: if you have any suggestions for additions to the page, please email the RCN Research and Innovation team
RCN resources
- Research Nurse Competency Framework [2011]
- Informed consent [2011]
- Research ethics: RCN guidance for nurses [2009]
- User Involvement [2007]
- Career pathways for research nurses [2001]
- Comprehensive list of postgraduate training opportunities, including all the Master's of Research courses available in the UK [updated regularly]
Other resources
- Position paper: maximising the nursing contribution to the UK clinical research agenda [2011]
- Presentations from a study day organised by Clinfield Limited in October 2011, including
(a) Developing National Nursing Careers in Clinical Research, Dr David Foster, Deputy Chief Nurse, Department of Health
(b) Research Nurse Competency Framework 2011, Helen Pidd (standing in for Dr Leslie Gelling)
(c) Independent Prescribing and the Clinical Research Nurse, Dr Kathryn Jones
(d) Advance Practice Role for the clinical research nurse in the CRF, Helen Pidd & Gail Holmes
(e) Research Nurse Professional Development Survey, Nicky Perry
(f) Academic Career Pathways, Professor Christine Norton
Looking for a career in clinical research?
Useful networks
- UK Forum for NHS Trust/Health Board research leads - nursing
- UK Clinical Research Facility (CRF) Network
- UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UK CRC)
- NIHR Clinical Research Network (England only)
- Scottish Research Nurse and Coordinators' Network (Scotland only)
- Comprehensive Local Research Networks (England only)
- NHS R&D Forum (England only)
Developing this webpage
We formally launched the Clinical Research Nurses' online community webpage at a lunchtime fringe on Wednesday 12 May at the RCN 2010 Annual International Nursing Research Conference, 11-13 May 2010, The Sage Gateshead.
For details of the 12 May conference fringe event, click here.