Reflection On Informed Consent
ASL Reflection on Informed Consent and Ethical/Legal Considerations in Research
Relevant and Meaningful Service Within the Community
Research is the foundation of evidence-based practice and is important for nurses to clarify and update existing practices and take in new knowledge that can improve patient outcomes (Grove, Gray, & Burns, 2015, p. 3). While it is so important, research still must be conducted in an ethical and legal manner. As a group, we presented these important considerations to a group of nurses at Memorial Hospital Pembroke. Initially, we assessed the audience knowledge by asking them simple questions about informed consent, legal and ethical implication in doing research. We were astonished because only one nurse could elaborate about the topic. Moreover, we proceeded with our teaching via a well design PowerPoint presentation to educate the audience about the topic. Based on the interactions we had with the audience during the presentation, we felt that the presentation had its intended impact …show more content…
Informed consent is crucial to research and it is unfortunate to learn that many researchers in the past did not obtain informed consent prior conducting the experiments. For example, the Nazi Medical Experiments were conducted without permission on prisoners of war and people were taken prisoner based on their race, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, in which the subjects were not informed they were in the study and were never advised when a treatment was available. Additionally, the Willowbrook Study conducted hepatitis experimentation on patient in mentally retarded institution (Grove et al., 2015, pp. 95-97). These studies represent the horrid things that can happen when research is not done in accordance with ethical principles and without regard with the free will of other human
Relevant and Meaningful Service Within the Community
Research is the foundation of evidence-based practice and is important for nurses to clarify and update existing practices and take in new knowledge that can improve patient outcomes (Grove, Gray, & Burns, 2015, p. 3). While it is so important, research still must be conducted in an ethical and legal manner. As a group, we presented these important considerations to a group of nurses at Memorial Hospital Pembroke. Initially, we assessed the audience knowledge by asking them simple questions about informed consent, legal and ethical implication in doing research. We were astonished because only one nurse could elaborate about the topic. Moreover, we proceeded with our teaching via a well design PowerPoint presentation to educate the audience about the topic. Based on the interactions we had with the audience during the presentation, we felt that the presentation had its intended impact …show more content…
Informed consent is crucial to research and it is unfortunate to learn that many researchers in the past did not obtain informed consent prior conducting the experiments. For example, the Nazi Medical Experiments were conducted without permission on prisoners of war and people were taken prisoner based on their race, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, in which the subjects were not informed they were in the study and were never advised when a treatment was available. Additionally, the Willowbrook Study conducted hepatitis experimentation on patient in mentally retarded institution (Grove et al., 2015, pp. 95-97). These studies represent the horrid things that can happen when research is not done in accordance with ethical principles and without regard with the free will of other human