As a component of the Tufts CTSI, the Tufts Medical Center’s Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) can connect researchers with specialized nursing support.
CTRC nurses uniquely combine both the clinical and research aspects of patient care. With patient safety a priority, CTRC nurses maintain the highest standards of research conduct, utilizing expert clinical judgment, critical thinking skills, and a patient-centered approach. Each volunteer is made to feel welcome, appreciated, and cared for in a superior and confidential research environment.
The nurses are available to assist investigators with logistics of protocol initiation, and the specific clinical nursing aspects of clinical research protocols. The skills we provide include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Assistance with the clinical patient care aspects of protocol development by defining the potential responses of volunteers to requirements of the protocol;
- Assistance with the standards of protocol conduct by preparing detailed flow sheets and physician order sheets to ensure that studies are conducted accurately;
- Provision of one-on-one routine and protocol-specific nursing care;
- Patient assessment and status, according to the protocol;
- Instruction of volunteers in specific protocol-related procedures, such as self injection;
- Phlebotomy services related to the protocol;
- Handling and processing of all types of patient specimens; and
- Assistance in precise data collection and documentation, according to protocol-specific procedures.
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