Could you be a research nurse?
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Could you be a research nurse?

Poorna Rodrigo Freelance journalist

Clinical research is one of the fastest growing areas in nursing today. Poorna Rodrigo finds out what it involves

The annual UK clinical research budget amounts to £8 billion, making up a third of all research and development expenditure in the economy, says the UK Clinical Research Collaboration group. But clinical research nurses (CRNs), who play a crucial role in such work, are in short supply.

Nursing Standard. 27, 44, 62-63. doi: 10.7748/ns2013.07.27.44.62.s55

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