Author Question: What is the basic human right that exists when the subject's identity cannot be linked, even by the ... (Read 15 times)

natalie2426 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

What is the basic human right that exists when the subject's identity cannot be linked, even by the researcher, with his or her individual responses?

a. Right to self-determination
b. Right to anonymity and confidentiality
c. Right to fair treatment
d. Right to protection from discomfort and harm

Question 2

A staff nurse overhears a health care professional use coercion to make a patient agree to participate in a research study. What should the staff nurse do?

a. Confront the researcher with concerns.
b. Document suspicions in the patient's medical record.
c. Contact the hospital's Institutional Review Board.
d. Secretly tape-record the researcher's interaction with a potential subject.

Jordin Calloway · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Feedback
A This does not describe the right to self-determination.
B The right to anonymity and confidentiality exists when the subject's identity cannot be linked, even by the researcher, with his or her individual responses.
C This does not describe the right to fair treatment.
D This does not describe the right to protection from discomfort and harm.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C

Feedback
A Confronting the researcher is not appropriate.
B Documenting in the medical record is not appropriate.
C Concerns regarding unethical conduct by a researcher should be directed to the IRB.
D Tape-recording the researcher is not appropriate.