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Signing Research Consent Form

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Signing Research Consent Form

Research is important when seeking to improve healthcare interventions or

investigating certain aspects of care. When human participants are involved in such research

processes, it is paramount that healthcare providers and researchers ensure that participants

have a clear understanding of the research process, the associated risks and benefits of

participations, and their role in the research (Burke, 2021). Healthcare providers must ensure

that patients participating in this research understand the research trials and consent form.

Informed consent is the patient’s to participate in a procedure or a treatment based on their

full understanding of the procedure or treatment, the risks, alternatives, and benefits involved

(Burke, 2021).

Nurses must advocate for their patients by ensuring that the patients have full

understanding of the research. Determining if the patient understands research consent is

therefore important. While the informed consent forms entail all information related to the

research, it is important for the nurse to explain the risks and benefits of the study to the

participants (Sil & Das, 2017). Doing this ensures that what was missed by the participants

while reading the forms is verbally addresses and contentious issues are addressed. After

doing so, the nurse should further ask the participants questions related to the content of the

forms, possible risks and benefits that the participants may experience in their participation,

and what is expected of them in the research. Doing this will help identify gaps in

information presented in the consent forms and initiating strategies to address these gaps.
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References

Burke, A. (2021). Informed consent: NCLEX-RN. Registered Nursing.

https://www.registerednursing.org/nclex/informed-consent/

Sil, A., & Das, N. K. (2017). Informed Consent Process: Foundation of the Researcher-

participant Bond. Indian journal of dermatology, 62(4), 380–386.

https://doi.org/10.4103/ijd.IJD_272_17