Ethical considerations

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Doctoral Project Ethics Pledge

To meet the Doctor of Nursing Practice capstone requirement, the Doctoral Project will address a gap in practice or practice change in service of a partner organization’s needs. The Doctoral Project will include all components outlined in this checklist. A Project Approval Form has been signed by an Organization Leader and a Project Mentor at the Organization, as well as the Faculty Advisor at Walden University. The DNP student will initial each of the boxes below to document their commitment to the ethical standards of the DNP project:

__I will ensure that the Project Mentor and Faculty Advisor are both aware of all project activities before they occur.

__I understand that I am not permitted to collect any data from patients.

__I understand that I must adhere to all the guidelines set forth in the checklist for my project type (staff education, development of a clinical practice guideline, or evaluation of an existing quality improvement initiative).

__I understand that any site records I wish to analyze must be stripped of identifiers and explicitly approved for release by the Project Mentor.

__I understand that any permissions to use the site’s data pertain only to this doctoral project and not to my future scholarly projects or research.

__ I understand that I am required to mask the name of my partner organization in all of my drafts and reports shared with classmates and faculty. (The partner organization’s name will only be shared in the reports that I share with the Organization itself.)

__ I understand that this project is considered a Quality Improvement (QI) activity, not “research” (as per federal definitions). Therefore, this project cannot be shared in a research journal or research conference (unless I obtain IRB approval at that future date as well as approval to publish/present from the Partner Organization Leader).

__I understand that I am responsible for complying with the partner organization’s policies and requirements regarding quality improvement data collection.

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ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Throughout this course, you will have explored the importance of research, the impact of research, and the different types of research. During our final week, you will explore the importance of ethical considerations in research.

In this Discussion, you will focus on a specific study to explore ethics in research and consider the importance of the ethics pledge.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCES

To prepare:

· Read and view the Learning Resources, focusing specifically on the Tuskegee study resources.

· Read the ethics pledge.

BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 11

Post a response including the following:

· What are the characteristics of the research study (Tzeng & Yin, 2017), the quality improvement study (Khoja & Moosa, 2023), and the DNP project (Bangura, 2024) in terms of generalizability, sampling, and the nature of ethical protections?

· Compare and contrast ethical considerations in research to ethics requirements for QI and/or for a DNP project.

BY DAY 5 OF WEEK 11

Read a selection of your classmates’ posts and respond to at least two of your classmates on two different days by expanding upon their reflections, making connections to your perceptions, and offering additional insights.

Note: Your responses to classmates should be substantial (250 words minimum), supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources, and properly cited using APA Style. Personal anecdotes are acceptable as part of a meaningful response, but cannot stand alone as a response. Your responses should enrich the initial post by supporting and/or offering a fresh viewpoint, and be constructive, thereby enhancing the learning experience for all students.

* Additionally, you must respond to your professor if they ask a question or comment on your post.

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained because of your classmates’ comments.