The Clinical Research Unit at MHMC nursing staff is trained to make complex research observations and perform precise collections of specimens, while providing exemplary patient care from infancy through geriatric patients.

The registered nurses at the CRU at MHMC practice as primary caregivers. He or she is responsible for communicating with the investigator and his or her research team, maintaining physician orders, nursing protocol, flowsheets and in-servicing staff. The primary nurse is responsible for quality assurance and monitoring compliance with informed consent, and collects and reviews data on any deviation from protocol specifications.

Examples of current expertise include assisting with:

• biomedical engineering evaluations
• pharmacokinetics
• sleep studies
• exercise testing and training
• insulin clamps
• post-operative care
• physiologic measurements
• respiratory calorimetery measurements
• skin tests
• stress tests
• body composition assessments
• GFR
• neuropsychological testing
• pulmonary function tests