nurses who do research

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Do nurses do medical research (anything, ranging from bench, to clinical, to epidemiological)?

Some nurses have PhDs, but they may be doctorates of nursing.

I have been planning to become a doctor, but I see now that nursing is a pretty attractive career too. However, I also want to do research.

 

[Jumpin JAK STAT]

Yes, lots of nurses do research. They're called "research nurses".

 

[dr zaius]

They do tons of research in patient care. Many of the wound care journals I've had to read recently are filled with research nurses as first or second author.

 

[DocMcCoy]

I remember waiting in the hallway during interviews and seeing tons of posters with nurses as 1st and 2nd author at three different schools. They must have the opportunity to be involved.

 

[mybubbles14]

there are tons of nurses in my biostats classes getting some kind of research masters or certificate or whatnot (don't know all of their life stories but I know they're in the class so that they can write research papers and do their own statistical analyses). In looking for clinical research positions I've also seen many positions that required RN degrees (much to my dismay of course)

 

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