Throughout this course, you have learned and applied ethical considerations to your research analysis. The American Psychological Association (APA) has created specific sections in its professional ethics code to guide researchers to ensure their research interpretation and reporting treats human participants ethically. There are Institutional Review Boards in universities and hospitals to accomplish the same goal. During the course of any research, it is imperative to treat those who participate in our research in humane and ethical ways. 

Imagine you are a training specialist at a pediatric hospital. The nursing staff has discovered what they believe is a new, less painful method of giving injections to patients. You would like to conduct formal research into this new method.

Assessment Deliverable

Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis of the essential elements of ethical research with human participants in which you: 

• Describe 3 ethical challenges that might arise in this project.
• Identify the APA Section 8 standards that apply to this study. Support your answers with details of the study. 
• Explain how your team might follow the ethical standards in your research. 
• Describe how the Institutional Review Board at research institutions helps ensure research is conducted ethically. 
• Provide 1 example of research using human participants from peer-reviewed research completed in the last five years.  

Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assessment.

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