Extending the description of the clinical research nursing workforce.

Background: The role of Clinical Research Nurses across the globe has not been evaluated to identify similarities or differences among specific activities.

Aims: This study's aims were to determine differences in Clinical Research Nurses most frequently performed activities, if these activities are reflective of those previously described in the literature, and job titles Clinical Research Nurses use to self-identify.

Methods: An online cross-sectional survey distributed via snowball sampling through email, social media, and research nurses' networks included questions on frequency of activities performed and information related to job titles.

Integrating Genomics into Oncology Practice.

Objective: To discuss our clinical research hospital's experience in integrating genomics into nursing practice.

Data Sources: Published literature, national guidelines, and Web sites.

Conclusion: Utilizing a program based on the Method for Introducing a New Competency toolkit and adapted competencies from the Essentials of Genetic and Genomic Nursing, the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center successfully integrated genomics into nursing practice and all major educational programs.

Patient Acuity Related to Clinical Research: Concept Clarification and Literature Review.

In research settings, clinical and research requirements contribute to nursing workload, staffing decisions, and resource allocation. The aim of this article is to define patient acuity in the context of clinical research, or research intensity, and report available instruments to measure it. The design was based on Centre for Reviews and Dissemination recommendations, including defining search terms, developing inclusion and exclusion criteria, followed by abstract review by three members of the team, thorough reading of each article by two team members, and data extraction procedures, including a quality appraisal of each article.

Developing Competency to Sustain Evidence-Based Practice.

Organizations must ensure that nursing care delivery is based on best evidence. This article describes how a clinical research hospital used a competency-based approach to structure the development and execution of a strategic plan and integrated evidence-based practice concepts into the activities of nurses at all levels. The article will also describe the process for developing and implementing the competency across our department including outcomes achieved.

Survey of nursing integration of genomics into nursing practice.

Purpose: Translating clinically valid genomic discoveries into practice is hinged not only on technologic advances, but also on nurses-the largest global contingent of health providers-acquiring requisite competencies to apply these discoveries in clinical care. The study aim was to assess practicing nurse attitudes, practices, receptivity, confidence, and competency of integrating genomics into nursing practice.

Design: A convenience sample of practicing nurses was recruited to complete an online survey that assessed domains from Roger's Diffusion of Innovations Theory and used family history utilization as the basis for competency assessment.

Defining clinical research nursing practice: results of a role delineation study.

Clinical research nursing is a specialty nursing practice focused on the care of research subjects and implementation of clinical research. A five-dimensional model (Clinical Practice [CP], Study Management, Care Coordination and Continuity, Contributing to the Science [CS], Human Subjects Protection) has been validated nationally to represent the domain of clinical research nursing practice. The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and importance of activities within each dimension as performed by nurses in clinical research and to describe differences between roles.

Validating the clinical research nursing domain of practice.

Purpose/objectives: To develop and validate a taxonomy for the domain of clinical research nursing.

Design: Survey.

Setting: Clinical research settings in the United States.

Evaluating a hybrid web-based basic genetics course for health professionals.

Health professionals, particularly nurses, continue to struggle with the expanding role of genetics information in the care of their patients. This paper describes an evaluation study of the effectiveness of a hybrid basic genetics course for healthcare professionals combining web-based learning with traditional face-to-face instructional techniques. A multidisciplinary group from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) created "Basic Genetics Education for Healthcare Providers" (BGEHCP).

Monoclonal antibodies and side-effect management.

Monoclonal antibodies are increasingly becoming a standard part of clinical cancer treatment. Eight monoclonal antibodies are approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of cancer in the United States. Oncology nurses are expected to be familiar with these agents, their indications, and their adverse effects, to provide appropriate care and symptom management to patients receiving these agents, and to adequately educate patients and families about these treatments and their specific and overlapping side effects.

Patient intensity in an ambulatory oncology research center: step forward for the field of ambulatory care--part III.

Nursing leaders in ambulatory care need to objectively quantify patient intensity to balance patient care needs and nursing resources. The day-to-day application of the Ambulatory Intensity System (AIS) is illustrated in this final article of a three-part series that reviewed current literature on acuity/intensity tools, and described the development of an AIS system to objectively quantify the nursing care.

Patient intensity in an ambulatory oncology research center: A step forward for the field of ambulatory care--Part II.

Nursing leaders in ambulatory care need to objectively quantify patient intensity to balance patient care needs and nursing resources. In this three-part series, current literature on acuity/intensity tools will be reviewed, and the development of an Ambulatory Intensity System (AIS) to objectively quantify nursing care will be described. In this article, the ongoing implementation of the system, its incorporation into the organization's established computerized appointment system, reliability measures, and related performance improvement activities will be discussed.

Patient intensity in an ambulatory oncology research center: a step forward for the field of ambulatory care.

Nursing leaders in ambulatory care need to objectively quantify patient intensity to balance patient care needs and nursing resources. In this three-part series the current literature on acuity/intensity tools will be reviewed, and the development of an Ambulatory Intensity System (AIS) to objectively quantify the nursing care will be described.