Our Children’s Nursing Research Unit (CNRU) aims to improve research for children and young people.
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The Unit is leading and contributing to multidisciplinary studies while celebrating the particular contribution that children’s nurses bring to research. It provides a highly supportive setting for children’s nurse researchers and non-clinicians with a special interest in children’s health research.
Working with colleagues in the UK and overseas, the CNRU is a collaborative partnership between Alder Hey, the University of Central Lancashire, Edge Hill University and Liverpool John Moores University.
Key areas of focus
- The experience of and engagement in healthcare of our patients and their families
- Evaluating clinical practices
- Development of tools to support clinical assessment
- Patient safety