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Nursing Research I

Module 2: Ethical Aspects of Nursing Research

Introduction

Nurses face many ethical issues in their practice. The prolongation of life by
artificial means, the institution of tube feedings when patients are unable to sustain
oral nourishment and the testing of new products with critically ill patients are but a
few examples. Situations such as these have led to numerous discussions about
ethics in nursing practice. Similarly, increased research with humans has led to ethical
concerns about the rights of study participants. Ethics can create particular challenges
to nurse researchers because ethical requirements sometimes conflict with the need
to produce the highest possible quality evidence for practice. This chapter discusses
some of the major ethical principles that should be considered in reviewing studies.

Learning Outcome

At the end of the module, the student will be able to;

1. explain the ethical aspects of nursing research;
2. adhere to ethico-legal considerations in conducting nursing research;
3. familiarized on how to protect clients’ rights based on “Patients” bill of rights
and obligations; and;
4. Implement strategies/ policies related to informed consent as it applies in
nursing research.

Learning Content

Lesson 1. Ethical Principles of Protecting Study Participants

The Belmont Report articulates three primary ethical principles on which standards
of ethical conduct in research are based: beneficence, respect for human dignity, and
justice. We briefly discuss these principles and then describe procedures researchers
adopt to comply with these principles.

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