Nurse Researcher
Editorial
EDITOR
Leslie Gelling PhD, MA, BSc(Hons), RN, FRSA Email: [email protected]
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Denis Anthony PhD, MSc, BA(Hons) RMN, RN (Canada), SRN Professor of nursing, De Montfort University, UK Steven Campbell PhD, BNurs, RN, RSCN, RHV, NDN Cert, FRSH Head of school of health sciences, University of Tasmania, Australia Sally Dampier BScN, RN, MMedSc, SRM, RSCN, PGDE Professor, Confederation College, Ontario, Canada Linu Sara George PhD, MSc(Nurs), MS(Coun&Psych) Professor of mental health nursing and head of the department of fundamentals of nursing, Manipal University, Karnataka, India Kate Gerrish PhD, MSc, BNurs, RN Professor of nursing research, University of Sheffield, UK Caroline Gunnell MSc(Clin), MSc(Prof), RN Co-director Essex and Hertfordshire, CLRN and clinical lead Primary Care Research Network, East of England, UK Desley Hegney PhD, BA(Hons), RN, Dip Nurse Ed Winthrop professor of nursing, University of Western Australia and Centre for Nursing Research Barbara Jack PhD, MSc, BSc(Econ), RCN, RNT, PGDE Head of research and scholarship, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill University, UK Maria Jirwe PhD, RN Senior lecturer, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Athena Kalokerinou-Anagnostopoulou PhD, BSc, RN Associate professor in community nursing, University of Athens, Greece Ann McMahon PhD, MSc, BSc, RMN, RGM Royal College of Nursing research and innovation adviser Dave O’Carroll BA(Hons) Information manager, RCN R&D Co-ordinating Centre, UK Debra Salmon PhD, MSc, BA, SCPHN, HV, RNA, RNC, LPE Professor of nursing research, University of the West of England Bristol, UK Julie Taylor PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons), RN Head of strategy and development, NSPCC Centre for Learning in Child Protection Alison Twycross PhD, MSc, RGN, RMN, RSCN, DMS, CertEd(HE) Head of department for children’s nursing and reader in children’s pain management, London South Bank University Frances Kam Yuet Wong PhD RN Professor and associate dean, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jiang Xiaolian PhD Associate director, West China School of Nursing/Department of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
The place for sharing Undertaking research can be a lonely existence but researchers can share the findings of their research, keep track of current thinking about the practice of research and, often, find the motivation to continue with their work by attending and engaging in conferences. Some conferences are well established, such as the RCN’s Annual International Nursing Research Conference (www.rcn. org.uk/research2014), others are more recent additions to the calendar. Now in its third year, the Clinfield (www.clinfield.com) Annual Conference was introduced to meet a demand from the growing number of clinical research nurses (CRNs) and held its most recent event last November in London. A notable highlight from the day was Fiona O’Neill, head of workforce and organisational development at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network, championing the increasingly influential role played by CRNs. Fiona left the audience in no doubt that CRNs have made a significant contribution to the development of clinical research in the UK through their efforts in planning and conducting high quality research. Gordon Hill, associate director at the Edinburgh Academy of Clinical Research Education, demonstrated how far clinical research nursing has
Clinical research nurses have made a significant contribution to the development of clinical research in the UK
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come since he started as a CRN in the 1990s. He reported on the ‘Capitalising on the contribution of nurses in clinical research’ project (tinyurl.com/ k75qvah). Funded by the RCN, this project has five groups taking forward work to better understand how the CRN role might be developed and supported. Those attending the RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference in April (www.rcn.org.uk/ research2014) will be able to learn more about this project at a fringe event. Jon Hassler-Hurst, lead paediatric diabetes research and specialist nurse at the Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, showed how having CRNs and clinical nurses working together can have benefits for patients and research. Patients benefit from a culture where research and development is valued and researchers need patients to engage in research and clinicians to value research efforts. This conference allowed nurses engaged in clinical research to celebrate their achievements and their significant contribution to clinical research in the UK. When planning conference attendance for 2014 you might want to add this event to your calendar. See diary, page 41 Leslie Gelling is reader in research ethics at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, Anglia
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Editorial
EDITOR
Leslie Gelling PhD, MA, BSc(Hons), RN, FRSA Email: [email protected]
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Denis Anthony PhD, MSc, BA(Hons) RMN, RN (Canada), SRN Professor of nursing, De Montfort University, UK Steven Campbell PhD, BNurs, RN, RSCN, RHV, NDN Cert, FRSH Head of school of health sciences, University of Tasmania, Australia Sally Dampier BScN, RN, MMedSc, SRM, RSCN, PGDE Professor, Confederation College, Ontario, Canada Linu Sara George PhD, MSc(Nurs), MS(Coun&Psych) Professor of mental health nursing and head of the department of fundamentals of nursing, Manipal University, Karnataka, India Kate Gerrish PhD, MSc, BNurs, RN Professor of nursing research, University of Sheffield, UK Caroline Gunnell MSc(Clin), MSc(Prof), RN Co-director Essex and Hertfordshire, CLRN and clinical lead Primary Care Research Network, East of England, UK Desley Hegney PhD, BA(Hons), RN, Dip Nurse Ed Winthrop professor of nursing, University of Western Australia and Centre for Nursing Research Barbara Jack PhD, MSc, BSc(Econ), RCN, RNT, PGDE Head of research and scholarship, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill University, UK Maria Jirwe PhD, RN Senior lecturer, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Athena Kalokerinou-Anagnostopoulou PhD, BSc, RN Associate professor in community nursing, University of Athens, Greece Ann McMahon PhD, MSc, BSc, RMN, RGM Royal College of Nursing research and innovation adviser Dave O’Carroll BA(Hons) Information manager, RCN R&D Co-ordinating Centre, UK Debra Salmon PhD, MSc, BA, SCPHN, HV, RNA, RNC, LPE Professor of nursing research, University of the West of England Bristol, UK Julie Taylor PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons), RN Head of strategy and development, NSPCC Centre for Learning in Child Protection Alison Twycross PhD, MSc, RGN, RMN, RSCN, DMS, CertEd(HE) Head of department for children’s nursing and reader in children’s pain management, London South Bank University Frances Kam Yuet Wong PhD RN Professor and associate dean, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jiang Xiaolian PhD Associate director, West China School of Nursing/Department of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
The place for sharing Undertaking research can be a lonely existence but researchers can share the findings of their research, keep track of current thinking about the practice of research and, often, find the motivation to continue with their work by attending and engaging in conferences. Some conferences are well established, such as the RCN’s Annual International Nursing Research Conference (www.rcn. org.uk/research2014), others are more recent additions to the calendar. Now in its third year, the Clinfield (www.clinfield.com) Annual Conference was introduced to meet a demand from the growing number of clinical research nurses (CRNs) and held its most recent event last November in London. A notable highlight from the day was Fiona O’Neill, head of workforce and organisational development at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network, championing the increasingly influential role played by CRNs. Fiona left the audience in no doubt that CRNs have made a significant contribution to the development of clinical research in the UK through their efforts in planning and conducting high quality research. Gordon Hill, associate director at the Edinburgh Academy of Clinical Research Education, demonstrated how far clinical research nursing has
Clinical research nurses have made a significant contribution to the development of clinical research in the UK
© RCN PUBLISHING / NURSE RESEARCHER
Leslie Gelling Editor
come since he started as a CRN in the 1990s. He reported on the ‘Capitalising on the contribution of nurses in clinical research’ project (tinyurl.com/ k75qvah). Funded by the RCN, this project has five groups taking forward work to better understand how the CRN role might be developed and supported. Those attending the RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference in April (www.rcn.org.uk/ research2014) will be able to learn more about this project at a fringe event. Jon Hassler-Hurst, lead paediatric diabetes research and specialist nurse at the Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, showed how having CRNs and clinical nurses working together can have benefits for patients and research. Patients benefit from a culture where research and development is valued and researchers need patients to engage in research and clinicians to value research efforts. This conference allowed nurses engaged in clinical research to celebrate their achievements and their significant contribution to clinical research in the UK. When planning conference attendance for 2014 you might want to add this event to your calendar. See diary, page 41 Leslie Gelling is reader in research ethics at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, Anglia
January 2014 | Volume 21 | Number 3
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