Deck 12: Scholarship Issues

Question 1

A nurse researcher would address protection of human rights by assuring that the research protocol includes all the following except:

A) right to freedom from injury.
B) right to privacy.
C) right to autonomy.
D) right to free medical care.

Answer 1

right to free medical care.

Question 2

Which of the following documents was developed to set forth principles for the ethical conduct of research in response to human rights violations during World War II?

A) Belmont Report
B) ANA Code of Ethics
C) Nuremberg Code
D) Declaration of Helsinki

Answer 2

Nuremberg Code

Question 3

Authorization from research participants to use patient health information (PHI) for research purposes should include which of the following?

A) What PHI will be disclosed.
B) The purpose for which the PHI will be used.
C) Who will have access to the PHI.
D) All of the above
E) b and c

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

Recruiting participants for a study by offering them a sizeable amount of money, travel expense, and reimbursement of medical fees can be considered a form of:

A) full disclosure.
B) coercion.
C) right to fair treatment.
D) compensation.

Question 5

The _____________ was issued by the World Medical Assembly in 1964 and revised in 1975 and 2008 to guide clinical research.

A) Belmont Report
B) ANA Code of Ethics
C) Declaration of Helsinki
D) Nuremberg Code

Question 6

Taking anothers ideas or work and presenting them as our own is called:

A) veracity.
B) cheating.
C) fidelity.
D) plagiarism.

Question 7

Which of the following are characteristics of ethical research that go beyond the protection of human rights? Select all that apply.

A) Scientific objectivity
B) Cooperation
C) Courage
D) Personal gain
E) Equitability

Question 8

Two core values basic to academic integrity and to ethical treatment of research data are:

A) plagiarism and cheating.
B) cheating and forgery.
C) beneficence and integrity.
D) veracity and integrity.

Question 9

Which of the following are considered vulnerable populations needing special considerations in research protocols? Select all that apply.

A) Pregnant women
B) Mentally disabled
C) Emotionally disabled
D) Young children
E) Incarcerated
F) None of the above

Question 10

Which of the following statements are true regarding factors to consider in the fair treatment of participants? Select all that apply.

A) Selecting participants on the basis of research needs
B) Equitably distributing the risk and benefits of the research among study participants
C) Treating persons who decline to participate or withdraw from the study with prejudice
D) Debriefing as needed to clarify issues
E) Treating participants with respect

Question 11

The process of obtaining consent from children ages 7 to 18 years old is called:

A) full disclosure.
B) assent.
C) right to treatment.
D) trustworthiness.

Question 12

Beneficence, respect for human dignity, and justice imply protection from what? Select all that apply.

A) Physical harm
B) Emotional harm
C) Spiritual harm
D) Economic harm
E) Social harm
F) None of the above

Question 13

A nurse researcher who decides to discontinue a research project because the findings indicate that the risks of the study outweigh the benefits is applying the principle of:

A) beneficence.
B) justice.
C) trustworthiness.
D) confidentiality.

Question 14

Of utmost importance in the ethical treatment of data are the integrity and honesty of the:

A) statistician.
B) participants.
C) researcher.
D) data collector.

Question 15

Efforts to bolster protections for human research subjects focus on which of the following? Select all that apply.

A) Auditing records for evidence of compliance with informed consent
B) Managing conflicts of interest so that research subjects are appropriately informed
C) Imposing monetary penalties for violations of important research practices such as informed consent
D) Education and training of clinical investigators and Institutional Review Board members
E) Decreased monitoring of clinical trials

Question 16

Issues affecting academic integrity include:

A) plagiarism and cheating.
B) cheating and editing.
C) editing and forgery.
D) forgery and consulting.