title: Validating the clinical research nursing domain of practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop and validate a taxonomy for the domain of clinical research nursing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical research settings in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  A purposefully selected expert panel of 22 nurses who were actively practicing or supervising in a clinical research environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A study team consisting of nurses with experience in clinical research synthesized peer-reviewed articles, academic curricula, professional guidelines, position descriptions, and expert opinion. Using the Delphi technique, three rounds of surveys were conducted to validate the taxonomy. The three sequential questionnaires were completed over five months.
  
  
  METHODS
  Activities performed by nurses in a clinical research setting.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A taxonomy for clinical research nursing was validated with five dimensions and 52 activities: Clinical Practice (4 activities), Study Management (23 activities), Care Coordination and Continuity (10 activities), Human Subjects Protection (6 activities), and Contributing to the Science (9 activities).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study validated activities for direct care providers and nurses with the primary focus of research coordination. The findings identify a variety of activities that are unique to nurses in a clinical research setting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses play an integral role in the clinical research enterprise. Validating a taxonomy for the specialty of clinical research nursing allows for roles to be compared across settings, competency requirements to be defined, and nursing organizations to be guided in the development of specialty certification.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA. castrok@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bevans
authors.forename: Claiborne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miller-Davis
authors.forename: Georgie
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cusack
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Loscalzo
authors.forename: Ann Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Matlock
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mayberry
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tondreau
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hastings
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002965:Classification; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D003697:Delphi Technique; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States