Global Research Nurses' Network

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• Getrude Pola Kahindi 11 Apr 2013

  I think nurses need to become proactive, as a profession we have grown in strides and those who work in research have an added advantage in that they can develop new nursing thoeries, research on them and upgrade our nursing practices all over the world, we don't have to have big things but we start small and the expand. We need to let people take notices of nurses contribution in research and not be relegated to physicians helper as people seem to view nurses.
  Nursing is a versatile profession with many fields of study that is yet to be exploited, we can do that and this is part of that forum we can use to do that.
  Am I alone to think this?

• habtamu.abera64@gmail.com 8 Apr 2013

  hello,this very interesting site,I am requesting for membership,thanks
  

• Nicola McHugh 26 Mar 2013

  Dear Salome, This is an important topic to study - I am sure that we can help you. Can you give more information - what are the requirements for your study? Do you have some guidelines? Where are you? Please give more information and then we can get involved!
  Good luck!
  Nicola
  

• salome sharma 26 Mar 2013

  I am a final year nursing student. i have a great interest in nursing & research. Right now i am getting started with my research project on knowledge aspect of child abuse among health workers, nurses. i would be blessed if you could help me how to go about it, i am just a beginner. looking forward to your reply.

• Nicola McHugh 13 Mar 2013

  Welcome to the network! It is great to hear about what you are doing and what you would like to find here on the network. Where are you? We have a lot of information about training and events, and also online learning that you can access.

• Justine Komunyena Tumusiime 13 Mar 2013

  The Global Research Nurses' network should put emphasis on informing Nurses in research of the current research findings, creat platform for Nurses to share knowledge and skills through online/face to face trainings and workshops and mentoring young Nurses into research. Othersise its a great ideas. Bravo Nurses!!

• Justine Komunyena Tumusiime 13 Mar 2013

  Hi all, i feel great to have found this website and would like to be an active member, share research ideas, challenges and learn from you guys! I will be happy to be informed of any forthcoming trainings/workshops, conferences for Nurses in research and any literature or current research findings would do me good.
  God bless you all.

• LAMUNU PASKA 11 Mar 2013

  Hi
  its my joy to have joined the net work,nurses are the back born of clinical trials.I have been a research nurse for eight years now,As a nurse i do carry out information seminars,briefing,translation of consents,consent administration,taking vitals sings,transcribing results,administering investigation product,counseling,....... the list is endless.Nicola pleases take the lead for nurses to be recognized
  

• Nicola McHugh 21 Jan 2013

  I agree, Getrude, it would be great to know more about what nurses are doing in research across the world. Nurses have many skills that are crucial to research and nurses are valuable members of the team.

  In UK a lot of clinical research takes place in the National Health Service and is coordinated by the UK Clinical Research Network, (UKCRN). Research Nurses are employed to work on UKCRN studies. In 2011, the UKCRN together with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) UK, published a competency framework describing the competencies needed by Research Nurses. http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/201466/Research_Nurse_Competency_Framework_-_Version_2_-_Full_-_Oct_2011.pdf

  The framework describes competencies required, so can be used for career development as nurses can demonstrate learning and achievement of the skills described.
  Do you know of other systems for describing and enabling career development for Research Nurses? Are you using one?
  

• Getrude Pola Kahindi 20 Jan 2013

  Hi everyone,I would like to have more discussion on different fields on nursing research. As Nurses we do have a big role to play in the research world but very little of it is highlighted and atleast have colleagues from different parts of the world share their views and experinces.

• The Editorial Team 3 Dec 2012

  This network is all about supporting research nurses across the world, especially in resource-limited settings and so it is very good to see your comment here Gordon. I am sure the Scottish research nurse and coordinators network have some wonderfully experienced members who could their knowledge and offer support to research nurses in resource-limited settings. The reverse will also be true because there are also many nurses using this site who have many years experience running difficult trials in rural communities in, for example, Kenya or Malawi, and who have learnt so much about challenges such as how to approach consent with very sick children and distressed parents, why assent is not always appropriate and clever ways to follow up patients in long term studies. The idea is to exchange knowledge and share experiences and so bringing together the nurses from Scotland and nurses from all over the world would be both enjoyable and highly beneficial all round. thanks again and we look forward to seeing your members getting involved.

• Gordon Hill 30 Nov 2012

  Hi,

  My name is Gordon and i am a Lecturer in Clinical Research at Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. We have developed under graduate and post graduate courses designed specifically for Clinical Research Nurses. I was a CRN myself for 12 years and have a great understanding of the issues faced by Research Nurses.
  I am also the Chair of the Scottish Research Nurse and Coordinators Network www.srncn.scot.nhs.uk (we are also on Facebook).
  I think the formation of the Global Reserach Nurses' Network is a fantastic development. It will be a great opportunity to share ideas and resources.

  g.hill@napier.ac.uk

• najeremanna 11 Oct 2012

  Hi Colleagues, Midwifery students had noted during clinical experience in maternity labour ward and postnatal that there was poor record keeping and documentation. I had devised a simple tool just to check if what the students had observed was correct. After analyzing the data that was collected it was noted that there was a lot of information that was missing. The MCH dept. and the midwifery students intends to carry out a study on the documentation in midwifery labour and postnatal wards. The results will be used to plan an intervention that will assist midwives to correctly document as well as have awareness in a form of in-service the significance of documentation. What Im looking for is any previous studies done and if possible tools used so that we can modify the tools and use them in Malawi and articles related to the same. Looking forward to your assistance.

• najeremanna 11 Oct 2012

  In any health related service nurses are always the major workforce although most of the times they are not included in major decisions. This network I hope will assist nurses and midwives to conduct their own studies.

  Attached files: MY__BIOGRAPHY.doc
• Ninh Thi Thanh Van 2 Oct 2012

  Hi, every one. I am happy to join the Network. This is a good chance for me to learn experience for clinical research. What do you thing about the role of nurses in studies?

• SITI MOHAMED WANDE 30 Sep 2012

  Hi ,this is great and would like to learn more about surveillance /observational studies.How do people do this in other countries

• Nono Nkupiso 27 Sep 2012

  In research nurses are often used as the backbone in clinical research just like in our public sectors, yet they are the last ones to be recorgnised and acknowleged in the research papers that are written.I don't know wwhats your views in This?

• Nono Nkupiso 26 Sep 2012

  I am interested in the epidemiology as well as the nursing practices in research in other countries. I am a research nurse at caprisa and an ISS fellow. My main interest is to find out how other countries handle ART initiation. Do they have programs like NIMART (nurse initiated and managed ART) and if they do their registered bodies, how do they handle or do they recognize them as independent practitioners?

• Cordelia Reddy 25 Sep 2012

  The e-learning resources are great... Does anyone know more about medDRA?

• bamlak tessema weyesa 18 Sep 2012

  this a very good opportunity to share our idea its a brilliant idea, i hope we will learn more from well experienced research nurses from different part of the world