Assignment
• 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.
o What are your thoughts regarding these guidelines.
o Are they necessary?
o Why or why not?
• What are the levels of reviews by the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)?
o Explain the different levels.
o Are you familiar with IRBs?
o Do you have an IRB at your institution?
o How do they function?
o How often do they meet?
• What is an informed consent?
o 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:
o The International Council of Nurses' (ICN) The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses (2012)
o American Nurses Association's (ANA) ANA Position Statements on Ethics and Human Rights
o ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses
o Steneck, N. (2007). ORI introduction to the responsible conduct of research. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office.
o The Hastings Center web site
o The Hastings Center's Bioethics Forum
o Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
o Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) IRB guidebook
o U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Human Subjects Protection
o Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.