After watching “Miss Evers’ Boys” and completing all the ethics assignments, not much of my assumptions have changed. It is important for nurses to know the historical evolution and principles of research ethics so that nurses know how far ethics has grown, and to avoid past mistakes. My achievement of the course objectives has made me feel more confident with my knowledge and more interested in getting involved with important research to improve patient outcomes. Improving the quality of patient care comes with an ethical, evidence-based practice that nurses should initiate into their work on a daily.
Evidence- Based Practice
Assumptions of Ethical Consideration
When I think of the important roles in nursing the main idea of ethics comes to mind. Ethics is very important in nursing to make the safest and best decisions for patients and the community. Nurses see a lot of things day to day from just being on the floor of their units and interacting with patients at the bedside. Nurses also document everything they do while on their unit. I assume that this is a big help in the role of gathering evidence for research to be done. For implementing research, nurses are often on the front lines of working directly with patients, therefore I think implementing ethical research starts with them. Nurses should be up to date on the most ethical practices and be mindful to implement them while working at their facility.
Thinking About the Journey
A nursing specialty that sparks my interest is neonatal nursing. Another nursing specialty, that is similar to neonatal nursing, I am interested in is maternity. Both specialties have always piqued my interest in that I find the ability of female bodies to create life is amazing and fascinating. I would love to continue learning about those specialties more in-depth.
I believe that learning about evidence-based practice is very important, especially when working in a healthcare setting. I assume that this course will be helpful in teaching us how to find good resources, how to apply evidence-based practice and other things like that. This course will also help me in my other courses with knowing different approaches to situations involving research or quality improvement.
