RES 227 Exam 3 Content Review

This is a body that oversees research at institutions, primarily in charge of human rights.

• Human Rights Board (HRB)

• Research Review (RR)

• Institutional Review Board (IRB)

• Human Subjects Protection Agency (HSPA)

This section of the research question details how the researcher answered the research question.

Select a medical journal where peer-reviewed research is published.

• CINAHL

• The Reading Eagle

• AARC Times

• Respiratory Care Journal

This process involves experts in their field reviewing research and submitting an assessment of the paper to the editor before publication.

Cochrane.org provides access to:

• Systematic reviews

• Randomize Control Trials (RCTs)

• Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs)

• Case Series

When a respiratory therapist defers questions about IV medication to the nurse, which ethical principle is being practiced?

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA):

• allows clinicians to access their own personal medical records as long as they are in the same health system.

• requires that clinicians protect the patient's health information.

• eliminates any risk of health information being shared with someone not involved in patient care.

• allows medical professionals to exchange health information needed to provide safe patient care.

The principle requiring that health providers go beyond doing no harm and actively contribute to the health and well-being of their patients.

A respiratory therapist assists a nurse aide in ambulating a patient with a history of falls. The patient is wearing a "fall alert" wristband and states that she needs a walker when ambulating. The patient falls while walking with the aide and therapist without a walker. If the patient were to suffer a fatal response, who would be legally negligent?

• The physician

• The respiratory therapist

• The nurse

• The nurse aide

This type of malpractice includes violations of professional ethics and may result in censure or disciplinary actions by licensure boards.