A Group of Nurses Are Discussing Subject Involvement in a Clinical

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Multiple Choice

A group of nurses are discussing subject involvement in a clinical research trial. Which action would the nurses indicate as being required in order to be compliant with an Institutional Review Board (IRB) ?

• A) Informed consent is implied once the subject agrees to participate in a research study.
• B) The nurse tells a subject involved in a clinical research trial that they cannot terminate the agreement.
• C) Provide a listing of all subjects' names who are involved in the research study and circulate to hospital departments.
• D) Contact information provided to subjects in case any problems arise.

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Definitions:

Three-Letter Sequences

In genetics, sequences of three nucleotides (triplets) in DNA or RNA that code for specific amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a form of RNA responsible for transporting genetic instructions from DNA to the ribosome, the site of protein synthesis.

tRNA

Transfer RNA; a type of RNA that helps decode a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence into a protein during protein synthesis.

rRNA

Ribosomal RNA, a type of RNA that, together with proteins, makes up the ribosome, the site of protein synthesis in cells.