Before conducting any study with human subjects, the researcher must obtain approval from the agency's human subjects committee or institutional review board (IRB). The IRB ensures that the researcher (Select all that apply.)
a. Obtains informed consent.
b. Minimizes risk to subjects.
c. Ensures confidentiality.
d. Identifies risks and benefits of participation.
e. Ensures that subjects complete the study.
A, B, C, D
Researchers must protect the confidentiality of those who participate in the study, obtain informed consent, minimize risk to subjects, identify risks and benefits of participation, ensure that participation in the study is voluntary, and allow subjects to withdraw from studies at any time.
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a. Is a personal search to discover a supreme being." b. Is an organized system of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe." c. Is a belief that each person exists forever in some form, such as a belief in reincarnation or the afterlife." d. Arises out of each person's unique life experience and his or her personal effort to find purpose in life."
The nurse is preparing an older adult client for surgery. Which topics should the nurse focus when preparing this client's preoperative teaching?
Select all that apply. A) Level of hearing B) Including the family in the perioperative care plan C) Teaching on deep breathing and coughing D) Plans for discharge care E) Actions to prevent pressure ulcers
A client with schizophrenia says there are bugs crawling all over the walls. The most appropriate response by the nurse would be:
1. "There are no bugs on the walls." 2. "I am going to have to put you in seclusion." 3. "You are disturbing the other clients." 4. "You might see bugs, but I do not."
The law requiring that official drugs must meet standards of purity and strength as determined by chemical analysis or by animal response to specified doses is known as
A) Durham-Humphrey Amendment B) The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act C) The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 D) The Food and Drug Administration laws