Learning Activities

1- Choose two research articles of interest to you.

a) Does the researcher examine a problem that is relevant to nursing science?

b) How would you classify the type of research conducted?

2- Choose a research article in which people were participants. Consider the issue of protecting human right.

a) How were human participant rights alluded to in the article?

b) What information would you need to help you assess the adequacy of the protection of human rights?

c) If you were to conduct a similar research study, what steps would you take to protect the rights and ensure the safety of the human subjects.

3- Identify several key points in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Willowbrook Study, and Crisis at Johns Hopkins University that raise ethical issues.