The NIH course Protecting Human Research Participants is an excellent source of knowledge for nurse practitioner who are dedicated to conduct research on ethical and social issues. This course gives a guideline related to essentials of ethical research when dealing with human participants. The knowledge I have gained from this course increased my understanding of the fact that research participants should be the primary responsibility of the researcher. Hence, any threats to their safety shall be well-documented in the protocol and should be communicated to the participants prior to research conduction. This makes the informed consent process transparent and ethical for research conduction (Johnson, Brems, Hanson et al. 2014).
I work in a rehabilitation and long-term care, and find my department vigilant about transparency of informed consent process during research conduction. The research protocols are verified by the ethics review committee of our hospital. The confidentiality of data and privacy of research participants is consistently checked across the research conduction process. The principles of justice, autonomy and beneficence are the guidelines which helps the researcher in making ethical decisions throughout the research conduction process (Johnson, Brems, Hanson et al. 2014).
The ethical committee of our hospital consisted to two experts of ethical research, a scientific research expert, nursing professionals and professionals from diverse health disciplines (Tene and Polonetsky, 2016). The principle of autonomy states that participants shall be free to make decisions and researcher cannot manipulate the participant into compromising their autonomy. The principle of beneficence also ensures that participant safety is not compromised by the researcher (Tene and Polonetsky, 2016).
References
Johnson, M. E., Brems, C., Hanson, B. L., Corey, S. L., Eldridge, G. D., & Mitchell, K. (2014). Conducting ethical research with correctional populations:. Research ethics, 10(1), 6-16.
Tene, O., & Polonetsky, J. (2016). Beyond IRBs: Ethical guidelines for data research. Washington and Lee Law Review Online, 72(3), 458.
Post 2After completing the Ethics and Human Subject protection, I believe it is a reminder of why ethics in research are so important. I believe we have all heard about the Tuskegee Trials, in which impoverished black men were told they were receiving free treatment for bad blood while researchers were aware that they had syphilis and were doing nothing to actually treat it, in an effort to research that effects of syphilis. In 1947, researchers were made aware that penicillin was a treatment of choice for syphilis, they continued to do nothing to inform the subject or treat them for the disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.).
The hospital that I work for does have an IRB. On their website, they have information regarding the IRB, as well as contact information for participants that have volunteered to be involved in clinical trials. Also, on the hospitals IRB website, there is a list of policies and procedures for all the research conducted at the hospital. Most of the information found on the hospitals IRB website has public access and does not require an employee login. The hospital also has an Office of Research Administration, in which anyone who would like to conduct research at the hospital, must contact first (Institutional Review Board, n.d.).
References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (n.d.). U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm
Institutional Review Board (n.d.) Retrieved from https://drupal02.floridahospital.org/irb/
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