Exploring the institutional review board process.
This article presents both the content required in preparing a proposal for review by an institutional review board (IRB) and the process involved in gaining approval. The six categories of a research proposal related to protection of human subjects are described, i.e., characteristics of the groups involved; special groups; type of consent; confidentiality of data; possible risks involved; and non-beneficial research. Federal requirements for ensuring informed consent are presented. The politics involved in winning approval for a nurse principal investigator are identified.
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D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000592:standards*; D003219:Confidentiality; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000592:standards*; D010380:Peer Review; D012107:Research Design