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Question 1
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The nurse researcher is planning a research study that will use human subjects and their choice to participate in a specific treatment. The ethical principle guiding the research study that describes the nurse researcher's obligation to benefit others is what?
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Justice
Beneficence
Confidentiality
Respect for persons
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Question 2
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The nurse researcher is planning a research study that will use human subjects and their choice to participate in a specific treatment. The ethical principle that describes a prospective subject's freedom to choose whether or not to participate in the research study is what?
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Question 3
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A person gives consent to participate in a study, is assigned to an intervention group, and is expected to remain in the study for 1 year. What ethical principle is violated if after 6 months the subjects in the treatment group have more problems than the control subjects, and the nurse researcher does not allow the members of the treatment group to stop treatment?
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Confidentiality
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Question 4
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What is the ethical principle that is violated if doctors inject aged and senile patients with their cancer cells to study their rejection responses?
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Confidentiality
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Question 5
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A patient newly diagnosed with breast cancer is asked to participate in a clinical trial for a new chemotherapy agent. This patient's freedom to participate or not participate in the study exercises protection of which of her human rights?
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Right to fair treatment
Right to self-determination
Right to privacy and dignity
Right to anonymity and confidentiality
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Question 6
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The issue of personal privacy may be more difficult for nurse researchers to protect in qualitative studies than it is in quantitative studies for which reason?
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Participants may be related to each other.
The researcher meets face to face with most participants.
Participants are not asked to sign an informed consent statement.
Verbatim quotations from participants may reveal personal information.
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Question 7
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All the following statements appear in a study's informed consent form. Which statement violates the Code of Federal Regulations?
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"I understand that I may feel discomfort during the study when blood is drawn."
"I understand that the researcher is not responsible for negligence-caused injury."
"I understand that I will not be compensated for participating in this study."
"I understand that participating in the study will not immediately benefit me."
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Question 8
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What is the basic human right that is violated when a nurse researcher allows an unauthorized person access to study data containing information about subject identity and responses?
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Justice
Beneficence
Confidentiality
Respect for persons
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Question 9
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Which statement regarding informed consent is most accurate?
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Informed consent needs to be sought only if the risks outweigh the benefits.
Informed consent is required if there are physical risks but not if there are psychological risks.
Researchers must obtain voluntary participation of subjects after informing them of possible risks and benefits.
A researcher is not obligated to seek informed consent if the details of the study could upset the subject and potentially affect the study outcome.
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Question 10
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How should a completed and signed informed consent form be handled?
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It is turned over to the agency's institutional review board (IRB) for safekeeping.
It is sent to the National Institutes of Health Office of Research Integrity.
It is filed in a locked filing cabinet, separate from data generated by the study.
It is copied, with one given to the participant and the other held by the researcher.
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Question 11
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Which is considered an essential element of the informed consent form for a research study?
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The witnessing signature of an authorized party
The listing of members of the agency's IRB
Explanation of whom to contact regarding any area of the study
List of subject's assignment to intervention group or control group
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Question 12
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A staff nurse overhears a health care professional use coercion to make a patient agree to participate in a research study. What should the staff nurse do?
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Confront the researcher with concerns.
Document suspicions in the patient's medical record.
Contact the hospital's Institutional Review Board.
Secretly tape-record the researcher's interaction with a potential subject.
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Question 13
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What is the basic human right that exists when the subject's identity cannot be linked, even by the researcher, with his or her individual responses?
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Right to self-determination
Right to anonymity and confidentiality
Right to fair treatment
Right to protection from discomfort and harm
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Question 14
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What basic human right is considered to be equitable selection of subjects and their treatment during the research study?
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Right to self-determination
Right to anonymity and confidentiality
Right to fair treatment
Right to protection from discomfort and harm
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Question 15
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What basic human right exists when subjects have the right to withdraw from a study without penalty?
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Right to self-determination
Right to anonymity and confidentiality
Right to fair treatment
Right to protection from discomfort and harm
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Question 16
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Which statements are accurate regarding the assent process for pediatric research? (Select all that apply.)
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A parental signature is required for a child to participate in a study.
The study protocol is reviewed with the parent and not the child.
The child should be able to express a preference for participation.
A child older than age 16 does not require a parent's signature for consent.
The child should understand the purpose of the study.
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Question 17
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The role of an IRB includes which actions? (Select all that apply.)
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Assisting researchers in maintaining rigor during the data analysis phase of a study
Ensuring that human subjects are protected from undue risks
Providing approval for studies to be conducted at an institution
Interviewing subjects for the informed consent process
Ensuring that HIPAA privacy rules are maintained in a study
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Question 18
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An adult participant receives an informed consent form to participate in a study on breast cancer in women younger than the age of 35. The study's informed consent process should include which elements? (Select all that apply.)
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The participant's meeting the IRB members who approved the study
The participant's being informed of risks associated with the study
The participant's being informed of the study protocol
The participant's being given the right to decline participation at any time
The participant's being assured that her confidentiality will be maintained
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Question 19
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The five human rights that are outlined in ANA guidelines include which rights? (Select all that apply.)
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Right to self-determination
Right to privacy and dignity
Right to legal consultation
Right to anonymity and confidentiality
Right to fair treatment
Right to protection from discomfort and harm
Right to comprehensive medical care
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Question 20
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What are ethical principles that are illustrated by obtaining IRB approval? (Select all that apply.)
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Respect
Beneficence
Trust
Justice
Anonymity
Confidentiality
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