- Describe the frequency and composition of Review Committees.
- What are the functions of a Nursing Review Committee?
- Describe the guidelines for critiquing the ethical aspects of a study.
- What are your thoughts regarding these guidelines.
- Are they necessary?
- Why or why not?
- What are the levels of reviews by the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)?
- Explain the different levels.
- Are you familiar with IRBs?
- Do you have an IRB at your institution?
- How do they function?
- How often do they meet?
- What is an informed consent?
- What are the general requirements for an informed consent?
- Review one of the website below. Describe an ethical concern and how it is or was addressed by the organization:
- The International Council of Nurses’ (ICN) The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses (2012)
- American Nurses Association’s (ANA) ANA Position Statements on Ethics and Human Rights
- ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses
- Steneck, N. (2007). ORI introduction to the responsible conduct of research. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office.
- The Hastings Center web site
- The Hastings Center’s Bioethics Forum
- Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
- Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) IRB guidebook
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Human Subjects Protection
- Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)