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