The nurse's role in contributing to new device development

Weir, Heather MA, RGN
Grocott, Patricia PhD, RGN
Bridgelal, Mala Ram, MSc, RGN

Heather Weir, MA, RGN, is research associate
Patricia Grocott, PhD, RGN, is senior research fellow
Mala Bridgelal Ram, MSc, RGN, is research associate; all at King's College London.

This article has been double-blind peer-reviewed.

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Nursing Times 102(26):p 36-39, June 27, 2006.

Nurses are in an ideal position to use their clinical observations to highlight unmet needs in relation to device use. This paper explores issues that relate to medical devices. An overview is given of the medical device field and examples are given from a survey of the healthcare literature to determine the level of user involvement in device development.