Diana Onwu
Molloy College
Abstract
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing. Founded in 1896 as The Nurses Associated Alumnae, but later renamed ANA in 1911. The ultimate goal of the ANA is to promote ongoing excellence in the practice to ensure professional conduct and quality patient care. Nurses play an important role in society; not only to diagnose and treat illness, but they also offer care and comfort. The profession is monitored to ensure quality of professional practice and helps to ensure that all nurses practice professionalism and up hold the …show more content…
In the late 1970s reforms and legal guidelines were created as a means to end major abuses such as the Nazi medical experiments in WWII and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (Finkelman & Kenner, 2013). The Belmont Report identified key concerns and he need for greater attention to ethical principles in conducting and reporting research. Participation in research must include informed consent and there are rules regarding how this consent must be obtained. Some information includes the nature and purpose of an intervention; potential risks, compensation if injury occurs, compensation for participating, and a clear statement that the participant may withdraw at any time without any negative impact on the patient (Finkelman & Kenner, 2013). The Belmont report sets forth basic ethical principles underlying the acceptable conduct of each research involving human subjects; respect for others, beneficence, and justice. The creation of this report has had an overall effect of monitoring professional …show more content…
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