NUR 80A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Informed Consent, Eth, Grounded Theory
21 Jan 2016
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Chapter 5 reviewing the ethical aspects of a nursing study. To ensure the study is conducted in an ethical manner; that no harm comes to the participants. Researchers must prepare an ethics application and submit to research ethics committees for approval before the study starts. The nurse in a researcher role demonstrates ethical practice (ethics standard) by: Ensuring client has all information necessary to make informed decisions. Advocating for nursing involvement on ethical review boards. Ensuring ethical guidelines are followed to protect research participants. Because research has not always been conducted ethically, and because of the ethical dilemmas researchers often face in designing studies that are both eth- ical and methodologically rigorous, codes of ethics have been developed to guide researchers. Ethical principles for protecting study participants: respect for human dignity. Self determination the prospective participant has the right to decide voluntarily whether to participate in a study (with the associated risks)
