Professional nurses have special obligations and responsibilities to society, especially in choices regarding participating in and utilizing and promoting nurse research as evidence for practice. Potential conflicts of interest are ever-present and may interfere with healthcare recipients’ desires and wishes. The author of this research column begins a discussion of potential conflicts of interest in nurse research that may have an impact on the confirmability of research findings.
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