Protecting your clients in the conduct of research
Discuss what the principle of “respect for persons” means to you.
How will you ensure that it is carried out in the implementation of your EBP project? (Remember that you don’t need to know the exact outcome/findings of the project yet – you just need to consider how you will ensure autonomy for clients, and protection of those with diminished autonomy, if that is relevant to the practice setting.)
Discuss what the principle of “beneficence” means to you. How will you ensure that it is carried out in the implementation of your EBP project?
Discuss what the principle of “justice” means to you. How will you ensure that it is carried out in the implementation of your EBP project?
So for this assignment you might consider the following:
Respect for persons:
Do individuals have the right to refuse treatment if they choose (right to self-determination)?
What if they fall into the “diminished autonomy” category (i.e. have dementia, etc.)
How does this affect their right to autonomy?
Beneficence:
How will this project maximize benefits and minimize harms?
What might be the benefits of changing practice or staying with the same practice?
What would be the risks?
How will you make sure that you reduce risks to clients as you consider practice changes?
Justice:
How will you make sure that there is fairness in the distribution of burdens and benefits?
Will you make sure that the findings are distributed to all clients?
What about on other units? Remember, we should make sure that everyone has the opportunity to benefit from research findings, when applicable.
