Prior to completing the ethics assignments: Before completing the ethics assignments, my assumptions about the nurse’s role in ethics regarding evidence implementation and generation is that the nurse is there to protect the patient. The nurse needs to make sure that the best interests of the patient are being met and that the patient is being cared for, not harmed with the implementation or generation of new evidence. I believe that nurses contribute to ethical conduct of research and implementation of research findings by keeping the research in check and, as stated before, looking out for the patients best interest. The nurse needs to make sure that the best interests of the patient are being fought for and that they are not being harmed during the conduct and implementation of research.