The nurse working in research correctly identifies which of the following to be mandatory for the ethical conduction of research in a hospital setting?
A) Clients must grant informed consent if they are to participate.
B) All interventions must benefit all clients.
C) The client must directly and personally benefit from the research.
D) Descriptive studies are more ethical than experimental studies.
Ans: A
Informed consent is an absolute prerequisite for clients who are asked to participate as subjects in a research study. Not all interventions will benefit all (or even any) clients. The risks and benefits of research are considered carefully in light of ethical principles, but this does not necessarily mean that every participant in a study stands to benefit from it. Ethical standards are applicable and achievable in every type of research, and descriptive studies are not necessarily more ethical than experiments.
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