CTRC nurses skillfully 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 research participant is made to feel welcome, appreciated, and cared for in a superior and confidential research environment.

CTRC nurses are available to assist investigators with logistics of protocol initiation, and the specific clinical nursing aspects of clinical research protocols. The skills provided by the CTRC nurses 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 assisting in the preparation of 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
  
• Precise administration of study drugs and infusions
  
• Placement and management of intravenous catheters
  
• Handling and processing of all types of patient specimens
  
• Assistance in precise data collection and documentation, according to protocol-specific procedures

For more information please contact the CTRC at CTRC@UTSouthwestern.edu