ETHICS IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

NSG5ERP

2019

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

All nurses are expected to work within a professional Code of Ethics and all researchers are expected to work within a framework of ethical conduct. You will explore the many aspects of ethical conduct embedded in everyday practice and the specific challenges of ensuring people in our care are protected from harm, coercion and that confidentiality is maintained.

School: School of Nursing & Midwifery

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Julie Ellis

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Must be admitted in the following course HMNSCO and have passed NSG4FIR

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Nursing & Midwifery Research (5th Edit).	Recommended	Schneider, Z., Whitehead, D., LoBiondo-Wood, G. & Haber, J. (2016).	Elsevier.

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Articulate the major ethical considerations for the provision of clinical care and for research on humans.

Activities:: Online activity. Literature searching using a range of sources of evidence.

02. Identify and explain strategies to ensure the ethical rights of humans are maintained in practice and in research.

Activities:: Online activity. Undertake an analysis of a contemporary nursing research ethics in practice.

03. Identify and explain the major ethical values that can be applied to assess ethical integrity in practice and research.

Activities:: Online activity. Critically apply social/ethical theory to a contested area of contemporary practice.

04. Plan a research study with consideration of all the ethical responsibilities of the researcher.

Activities:: Review and/or prepare a human research ethics proposal.

Online, 2019, Teaching Session 5, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Julie Ellis

Class requirements

Evidence Based LearningWeek: 30 - 35
One 150.0 hours evidence based learning per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 30 to week 35 and delivered via online.
"150 hours of directed and self directed online learning."

Assessments

Assessment element	%	ILO*
One 1,500-word written task	30	01, 02, 03, 04
One 2 hour examination	40	01, 02, 03, 04
One multimedia and digital presentation, using specified media (equiv of 1,500 words)	30	01, 02, 03, 04

Online, 2019, Teaching Session 1, Online