A TV ad is recruiting subjects for free medical exams and ...

[lunatika]

A TV ad is recruiting subjects for free medical exams and medications and an incentive of 500 if they participate in a study on the effects of depression in young adults until the study ends. This recruitment best describes which situation?
 
  1. Balance of risk-benefit ratio
  2. Coercion
  3. Informed consent
  4. Confidentiality

Question 2

An institution that receives research monies from the federal government must have which group in place?
 
  1. A Nursing Research Task Force
  2. An Ethics Committee
  3. An Evidence-Based Practice Committee
  4. An Institutional Review Board

[Yixagurpuldink]

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: This situation does not exemplify a problem with the balance of risk-benefit ratio.
Rationale 2: Free medical care, medications, and money would entice subjects into a study they might decline if these incentives were not so great. The fact that the benefits are linked to completing the study makes this a strong example of coercion.
Rationale 3: Discussion of compensation is a part of informed consent, but in this situation, the amount of compensation might put pressure on a person to agree to participate in the study.
Rationale 4: The compensation listed has no impact on confidentiality.
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Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: Many healthcare facilities that conduct research will have a nursing research committee or task force, but this body is not required by the federal government.
Rationale 2: Many healthcare facilities that conduct research will have an ethics committee, but this body is not required by the federal government.
Rationale 3: Many healthcare facilities that conduct research will have an evidence-based practice committee, but this body is not required by the federal government.
Rationale 4: Federal government mandates an Institutional Review Board (IRB) to review research proposals at an institution.
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