[Answered]: Reply to this post: The Institutional Review…

Reply to this post: The Institutional Review Board is an independent committee that must review federally funded research involving human subjects (The Office of Research Integrity, n.d.). To treat human subjects fairly, the National Commission recommended three principles: respect for persons and their rights, beneficence to maximize benefits and minimize risks to human subjects, and justice that distributes risks equally without prejudice (The Office of Research Integrity, n.d.). In more than 130 countries, research is approved and denied by institutional review boards (IRB), ethical review boards (ERB), independent ethics committees (IEC), or research ethics boards (REC) (Capili, 2024). These review boards are specifically set up to protect human rights, human safety, and their welfare, especially those in the vulnerable populations Capili, 2024). The ethical considerations when conducting any research study that involves human subjects are always the rights of the subjects, their privacy, and their welfare. In most cases, even when the subject signs documents agreeing to the study, they have the right to opt out. An example of a peer-reviewed research article is written by Roderman (2024) in “Effectively Addressing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries With a Multidisciplinary Approach”. This study was conducted by creating a team consisting of nurses, technicians, nutritionists, infectious disease specialists, and other disciplines, monitoring and observing 480 patients in the hospital setting over 2 years. The team concluded that there was a reduction in pressure injuries; however, it was not statistically significant, requiring more research to be conducted.