Since completing the ethics assignments, I’ve added some insight to my understanding of the nurses contribution to ethical conduct and implementation of research. After watching the movie “Miss Ever’s Boys” I learned that not only is it the nurses role to advocate for their patient and promote patient privacy, safety and autonomy, but through education, using research the nurse can provide knowledge to those with knowledge deficits such as those in the movie. through research, nurse Ever’s was able to show that syphilis is not only a disease affecting the African American Community but all other communities as well which in turn proved further segregation based on the disease to be inappropriate. I gained insight to the nurses role in ethics as they are also responsible for prevention of bias through interventions such as education using research.

The historical evolution and principles of ethical research is important for the nurse to know and understand because it shows where ethics has grown. However it is well known that history repeats itself unless we learn from our mistakes. So learning from a historical ethical principle, helps the nurse to better understand what to do in ethical situations through research of past principles. Through successful completion of the course objectives of Evidence based practice I I have learned how to participate in research projects, work in a team, properly write and cite a research paper and how to use evidence based practice in the future as a nurse.