Research Ethics Consultation in Nursing Studies

Abstract

Despite the importance and acceptance of research ethics consultation as an entity in many medical research areas, little is known about its status in nursing research. Focusing on inquiries from nurse researchers, we retrospectively analyzed records of integrated clinical research consultation, provided by members of the Clinical Research Center independently of the research ethics committee, at a Japanese university hospital during 2018–2019. Among various consultations in nursing studies ( n = 101), 43 were related to research ethics. The main issues in research ethics consultation were compatibility with guidelines ( n = 28; 65%) and application of ethics review ( n = 12; 28%). Future studies should investigate international settings and address the relevance of research ethics consultation to promote proper nursing studies.

Construction and application on the training course of information literacy for clinical nurses

“…Nursing information ethics is important during the nurse work. However, research shows that despite the importance and acceptance of research ethics consultation as an entity in many medical research areas, little is known about its status in nursing research [40]. Iran has taken nursing ethics, especially moral sensitivity, as an important part of nursing education, which provides a good reference for our nursing information ethics education [41].…”

We need to talk about research ethics committees (RECs)

“…Nurses with expertise in clinical research and research ethics are ideally placed to facilitate research ethics approval and could provide an important link between researchers and RECs. Involving nurses with expertise in research ethics at the start of the research process could help research teams successfully navigate the REC approval process and facilitate ethical decision-making throughout the research process 11. Providing research ethics support sooner may help improve the quality of REC submissions and may reduce submission to decision times because the REC would already have a good understanding of the research being planned 6.…”