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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I've worked at various contract research organisations (CROs) which undertake studies for big and small pharmaceutical companies. THere are lots of jobs which are suitable for nurses and indeed i met a lot of ex-nurses using their medical knowledge in various jobs for usually better pay. Often they work as trial monitors - these people have contact with general practices who are part of the trial, dealing with any problems, teaching the practice members what they need to know about the drug and trial. there are other posts too that you can work in "clinical trial associates" "(clinical) research nurses".
Some nurse-specific info can be found here:
http://www.nursing-standard.co.uk/archives/ns/residentpdfs/careers/c3639v16w8.pdf
and a job site here
http://www.hirehealth.com/ci/servlet/com.ci.home.Home;jsessionid=2D6EB0E3536071C77EB5BB3178C65D8D
Some examples of CROs are Quintiles, Covance, I3statprobe, and there are lots of others, just search on google.
GOd i sound like a recruiter! I'm not a nurse but this is a good sector to work in, the money and conditions are good and there's lots of scope for career advancement if you want it. good luck.
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