TY  - JOUR
T1  - Conducting Healthcare Research: Do Undergraduate Nursing Students Understand and
Adhere to Ethical Principles of Research?
AU - Maria Mothiba, Tebogo AU - Adelaide Bopape, Mamare AU - Ter Goon, Daniel 
JO  - International Journal of Tropical Medicine
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
SP  - 31
EP  - 35
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-3319
DO  - ijtmed.2020.31.35
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2020.31.35
KW  - Healthcare research
KW  -knowledge and practices
KW  -ethical principles
KW  -undergraduate nursing students
AB  - Ethical standards must be observed in any
research involving human participants. The researchers
need to maintain the participant’s rights to privacy,
dignity and confidentiality of information when
conducting research studies. This study explores and
describes knowledge and practices of undergraduate
nursing students with regard to adherence to ethical
principles when conducting healthcare research. A
qualitative, explorative and descriptive study was applied,
involving 15 purposively selected undergraduate nursing
students at the University of Limpopo, South Africa.
Unstructured one-to-one interview sessions were
conducted until data saturation was reached. Data were
analysed using Tesch’s open coding data analysis method.
The following three themes and their sub-themes emerged
during data analysis: nursing student’s knowledge about
adherence to ethical principles when conducting
healthcare research, the purpose of research ethics as
viewed by the students and an outline of the important
aspects included when obtaining informed consent. The
study found that some students possess knowledge while
others lack knowledge regarding adherence to ethical
principles in conducting healthcare research. Thus, it is
imperative to organise research ethics workshops to
educate undergraduate students about the importance of
and need to abide by ethical principles when conducting
healthcare research.
ER  -