NCM-N 111 Lesson 2: Trends, Gains, Constraints, and Ethics in Nursing Research

Vocabulary flashcards covering current trends, gains, common constraints, and ethical guidelines in nursing research based on NCM-N 111 Lesson 2.

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

A clinical decision-making approach where nurses integrate the best available research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preferences.

Trends in Nursing Research

The evolving scope of nursing research beyond hospital settings into areas such as community health, health informatics, telehealth, precision care, mental health, and disaster preparedness.

Gains of Nursing Research

The positive impacts of generating scientific evidence, which strengthen nursing practice, education, management, and policy while improving patient outcomes.

Constraints in Nursing Research

Challenges and barriers encountered by researchers, including financial limits, heavy workloads, lack of research knowledge, recruitment difficulties, and ethical approval delays.

Research Ethics

Principles and standards that protect the rights, dignity, and welfare of research participants while ensuring study findings remain credible and trustworthy.

Respect for Persons

An ethical principle requiring that participants are given the autonomy to decide freely whether or not to participate in a study.

Beneficence

An ethical principle that obligates researchers to maximize potential benefits while minimizing potential risks or harms to participants.

Justice

An ethical principle demanding the fair selection, distribution of burdens, and equitable treatment of all research participants.

Nuremberg Code

An international landmark ethical guideline emphasizing the absolute necessity of voluntary informed consent in human research.

Declaration of Helsinki

An international set of ethical guidelines developed to govern ethical conduct in medical research involving human subjects.

Belmont Report

A foundational ethical document outlining three key ethical principles for research: Respect for Persons, Beneficence, and Justice.

CIOMS

International ethical guidelines that provide specific ethical guidance for health-related research involving human subjects worldwide.

Data Privacy Act (RA 10173)

A Philippine law within the national ethical framework that safeguards personal data and privacy rights in research and health records.

Intellectual Property Code (RA 8293)

A Philippine law that forms part of the ethical framework governing intellectual property rights, authorship, and ownership of research work.

Research Ethics Committee (REC)

A body established within the Philippine ethical framework responsible for reviewing research proposals to ensure participant protection and ethical compliance.

Telehealth

A remote care delivery and patient monitoring strategy expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve healthcare access and patient satisfaction.