Pharmaceutical companies may employ a nurse as a study monitor. The study monitor’s job is to coordinate with the medical practice staff to address any issues concerning the drug trials while finding the best therapeutic practice for the patient. While this position does not involve as much direct contact with the patients as other areas of nursing research, it does involve a great deal of travel where nurses get to meet other study nurses. Nurses who wish to deal more directly with patients in a study have the opportunity to do so while still advancing nursing research. Nurses also help to recruit and enroll patients for a trial. It is the nurses’ job to follow up with the patient throughout the study while liaising with the patient, family, doctors and pharmaceutical company representatives to share the results of the study and provide care for the patients. Certain universities and institutions are also starting to offer a certification in clinical research. This may stem from the fact that these institutes see the need to provide educational opportunities for nurses wishing to pursue clinical research with pharmaceutical companies.Nursing research has been around since the days of Florence Nightingale and is the supporting function for the nursing practice. While participation in nursing research is open to all nurses regardless of education level, the research itself is conducted by phd qualified Nurse Research.
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