Nurse Researchers Initiate, Conduct, Coordinate And Evaluate Clinical Research-Related Activities

What is a Nurse Researcher?

Nurse researchers initiate, conduct, coordinate and evaluate clinical research related activities. This job comes with a few primary duties. First, to oversee the screening, enrollment and retention of clinical trial participants. Second, to implement procedures, ensure data quality and review study protocols. Nurse researchers are registered nurses who use their expertise and education to oversee experimental studies and patient-related activities.

Participant Coordination
Nurse researchers may recruit, screen and communicate with potential study participants. They provide research related services through evaluations and interventions. They follow standard protocols that ensure the well-being and commitment of participants enrolled in clinical research studies. They elicit initial and ongoing informed consent of participants and their families. Nurse researchers may schedule home visits and follow-up study visits per established timeframes. They communicate participant statuses, concerns and achievements to investigators and research teams.
They may assure all participant disclosure and reporting requirements are
During the preparation phase, they may compile legal statutes, assigned protocols and standard operating procedures. They prepare and participate in monitoring visits, external audits and formal inspections. Nurse researchers are expected to compile and maintain progress notes, source documents and study participant feedback. They must observe and document participant's adverse reactions and unexpected events with regards to consuming experimental pharmaceutical products. Nurse researchers may initiate physician, laboratory, radiology and procedures to test participants and verify their well-being. They may collect participant paperwork, enter the data into software systems and generate report