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From delegation to specialization: nurses and clinical trial co‐ordination
Author(s) -
Mueller MaryRose
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
nursing inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.66
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1800
pISSN - 1320-7881
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2001.00109.x
Subject(s) - delegation , ordination , work (physics) , speculation , clinical trial , nursing , medicine , psychology , business , political science , computer science , mechanical engineering , finance , pathology , machine learning , law , engineering
From delegation to specialization: nurses and clinical trial co‐ordination This paper considers an area of clinical research that has been delegated by physician‐researchers to nurses and others in the United States, that of clinical trials co‐ordination. It uses interviews with nurse trial co‐ordinators to explore the occupational processes by which the boundaries of work enactment and the definition of work have been established by nurses and others. It then discusses the occupational processes that have been established to formalize a role for nurses in clinical research. It raises the question of (and offers speculation on) whether specialization alone will distinguish nursing from other occupational groups engaged in clinical research work.