There is no
reliable way in the nursing professional demographics
databases to find nurses who identify themselves as
practicing in research (as opposed to conducting
research), because that information specifically is not
collected in surveys such as the National Sample Survey
of Registered Nurses83 or data collected by state boards of
nursing. Anecdotal information from nurses practicing in
commercial sites suggests that the Food and Drug
Administration and its international counterparts,
including theWorld Health Organization, are the primary