Preliminary piloting and validation of a questionnaire identifying basic clinical skills practised by research nurses

Kirkpatrick, Suriya; Harding, Sam; Pollard, Katherine; Tacchi, Paul

doi:10.12968/bjon.2019.28.3.162

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Authors

Suriya Kirkpatrick

Sam Harding

Katherine Pollard Katherine.Pollard@uwe.ac.uk
Academic Specialist - HAS

Paul Tacchi

Abstract

Clinical research nurses (CRNs) need to be competent in both clinical and research skills. In the past 10 years there has been increasing focus on developing the research competencies of CRNs. Employers, however, use the nurses’ registered status as a proxy measure of clinical competence to perform their duties. The true extent of what clinical skills are practised by CRNs in a large NHS trust is unclear and there is a lack of validated measures to obtain this information. By using a mixed-methods approach of questionnaire and semi-structured interview, we aimed to pilot and validate a questionnaire to identify CRNs’ self-reported confidence with clinical skills.

Citation

Kirkpatrick, S., Harding, S., Pollard, K., & Tacchi, P. (2019). Preliminary piloting and validation of a questionnaire identifying basic clinical skills practised by research nurses. British Journal of Nursing, 28(3), 162-167. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.3.162

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Feb 1, 2019
Online Publication Date	Feb 12, 2019
Publication Date	Feb 14, 2019
Deposit Date	Feb 27, 2019
Publicly Available Date	Aug 13, 2019
Journal	British Journal of Nursing
Print ISSN	0966-0461
Publisher	Mark Allen Healthcare
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	28
Issue	3
Pages	162-167
DOI	https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.3.162
Public URL	https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/852325
Publisher URL	https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.3.162
Additional Information	Additional Information : This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in British Journal of Nursing, copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.3.162.