Homework: Protecting Your Clients in the Conduct of Research
Consider the topic you have selected to complete your evidence-based practice project. While we are not conducting research here, per se, we are considering implementing a new practice - and with any new practice comes the potential for both benefit and harm to clients. It's important to think about how practice changes may affect clients - both positively and negatively. So as you get ready to conduct your EBP review, you'll want to think about how you can make sure to keep your clients safe and your practice ethical.
1) Discuss what the principle of "respect for persons" means to you.
2) How will you ensure that it is carried out in the implementation of your EBP project? (Remember that you don't need to know the exact outcome/findings of the project yet - you just need to consider how you will ensure autonomy for clients, and protection of those with diminished autonomy, if that is relevant to the practice setting.)
3) Discuss what the principle of "beneficence" means to you. How will you ensure that it is carried out in the implementation of your EBP project?
4) Discuss what the principle of "justice" means to you. How will you ensure that it is carried out in the implementation of your EBP project?
Consider this brief example as you begin the paper:
In previous modules, we gave this example of a PICO(T) question:
In clients over the age of 65 undergoing elective total hip arthroplasty, is chemical DVT prophylaxis more effective than mechanical DVT prophylaxis alone in preventing the development of DVT in the 30 days following surgery?
So for this homework you might consider the following:
Respect for persons:
1) Do individuals have the right to refuse DVT prophylaxis if they choose (right to self-determination)?
2) What if they fall into the "diminished autonomy" category (i.e. have dementia, etc.)
3) How does this affect their right to autonomy?Beneficence:
4) How will this project maximize benefits and minimize harms?
5) What might be the benefits of changing practice or staying with the same practice?
6) What would be the risks?
7) How will you make sure that you reduce risks to clients as you consider practice changes?Justice:
8) How will you make sure that there is fairness in the distribution of burdens and benefits?
9) Will you make sure that the findings are distributed to all clients?
10) What about on other units? Remember, we should make sure that everyone has the opportunity to benefit from research findings, when applicable.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.