TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and evaluation of a clinical research nursing module for undergraduate nursing schools
T2 - expanding Clinical Research Nurses' outreach
AU - Capili, Bernadette
AU - Baker, Laura
AU - Thangthaeng, Nopporn
AU - Legor, Kristen
AU - Larkin, Mary E.
AU - Jones, Carolynn T.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the nursing faculty members at The Ohio State University College of Nursing (Dr Amy Jauch and Dr Melissa Baker), New York University College of Nursing (Dr Michele Crespo-Fierro), and Hunter Bellevue School of Nursing (Dr Abigail Kotowski) for inviting us to present this pilot module to their classes in support of this initiative. Also the members of the IACRN Research Committee and the IACRN Pilot Module Task Force for their input and support. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported, in part, by the Ohio State University, Center for Clinical Translational Science, grant # UL1TR002733 and by the Rockefeller University Center for Clinical Translational Science grant # UL1TR001866 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program.
Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported, in part, by the Ohio State University, Center for Clinical Translational Science, grant # UL1TR002733 and by the Rockefeller University Center for Clinical Translational Science grant # UL1TR001866 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Background: 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. Methods: 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 QualtricsXM was distributed to students. Results: 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%). Conclusions: 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.
AB - Background: 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. Methods: 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 QualtricsXM was distributed to students. Results: 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%). Conclusions: 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.
KW - clinical research
KW - clinical research nursing
KW - nursing curriculum
KW - nursing education
KW - workforce development
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U2 - 10.1177/17449871211070972
DO - 10.1177/17449871211070972
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127806167
SN - 1744-9871
VL - 27
SP - 68
EP - 77
JO - Journal of Research in Nursing
JF - Journal of Research in Nursing
IS - 1-2
ER -