Abiodun kolawole
AMERICAN SENTINEL UNIVERSITY
BSN422
HEALTHCARE SAFETY ISSUES
Identify any ethical concerns and the protection of human rights that are specific to your nursing research project.
Explain the role of the Institutional Review Board.
Select one of the identified nursing theorists and their nursing models as the framework for your nursing research project. (PLS REMEMBER TO DELETE)
The major ethical concerns specific to conducting nursing research are: a) Informed consent:-This is the legal principle that an individual or his or her authorized representative only makes a decision about participation in research study after being given all information needed to make that decision. According …show more content…
Having rights is necessary for the self –respect, dignity, and health of an individual (Sasson &Nelson, 1971). Researchers and reviewers of research have an ethical responsibility to recognize and protect the rights of human research subjects. The human rights that require protection in research are (1) the right to self-determination, (2) the right to privacy, (3) the right to anonymity and confidentiality, (4) the right to fair treatment, and (5) the right to protections from discomfort and harm ( American Nurses Association [ANA], 2001; American Psychological Association [APA], 2002). Nurses in other countries have developed similar codes of ethics to protect the rights of their patients and to promote ethical conduct in research (Lin et al., 20070.
With respect to health safety issues as related to medication error, nurses who find themselves in this unfortunate state are compelled by professional and moral code to share their experience with other nurses so as to prevent future occurrence. This acts has helped the nursing profession immensely and it will be disservice to the profession if such experience are not shared because the right of such nurses are not …show more content…
* They review initial research plans to make certain that the plans provide subjects with adequate opportunity to provide informed consent and do not expose subjects to unreasonable risks. * They also conduct continuing review of approved research to ensure that human-subject protections remain in force. * They carry out their initial and continuing review functions in accord with Federal regulations first established in the 1970s and applicable to all research funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or carried out on products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. * The IRB ensures that the research project include procedures to protect the right of its subjects. They decide if the research project protects the participants from discomfort and harm. * The IRB review the potential benefits of the study and then looks at the relative balance between the actual and potential risks and the potential benefits
Select one of the identified nursing theorists and their nursing models as the framework for your nursing research