A company that produces culture swabs contacts a nurse who works in an infectious disease practice. The company asks for data on the prevalence of different pathogens in the practice's patients. They offer the nurse $10 for each medical record reviewed. The nurse submits a bill for $1,000 after reviewing 50 medical records and supplementing information as the nurse remembered it from several
other patients. What research misconduct has occurred? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Plagiarism
2. Data fabrication
3. Data falsification
4. Conflict of interest
5. Informed consent
2, 3, 5
Rationale 1: There is no evidence that the nurse copied ideas without identifying the original source of the information.
Rationale 2: The nurse fabricated data when she submitted information from memory that may or may not have been accurate.
Rationale 3: Data falsification is the willful distortion of results of a study or the reported collection of the data. The nurse did not follow the study protocol in collecting data.
Rationale 4: Because the nurse is not one of the investigators, conflict of interest does not exist.
Rationale 5: The data in medical records are protected. Using the data in research, even if the nurse is collecting data from medical records for which full access is present, requires informed consent and permission.
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