Research Summary and Ethical Considerations

Research Critique Name: Institution: Problem statement In the recent past there have been a lot of concerns growing as regards support worker in healthcare. Most of them have been extending their practice towards tasks that should only be carried out by the registered professional nurses and midwives (Griffiths & Robinson, 2010). The support workers have been engaging in the midwifery and nursing tasks which involve direct clinical practices, posing serious health risks to the patients and themselves, as they are not trained in these fields. Other than the clinical and health risks that this poses, these practices are not regulated. Therefore, this means that even those that are taking the profession are not being regulated properly, through any form of standardization, especially on the roles that they should play as well as their education and competence levels (NHSEmployers, 2013). The recent years have seen a growing number of proposals brought forward, which promise smooth transition into the regulation process, using diversified modes and levels of regulation protocols. Purpose and Research Questions The sole purpose of carrying out this research is defined in several aims. This will help with the regulation of the support workers in healthcare. One of the aims that the research looks to establish is the extent of health risks that the public is exposed to, from these unregulated support workers taking up the roles of the registered nurses and midwives. This is also hinged to the benefits that the system will derive from the regulation process (Griffiths & Robinson, 2010). In a bid to develop models that are going to best work during the regulation of the practice, the research also aims at identifying some of the key queries that will be considered, to come up with the most practical models. Furthermore, the research will recommend to the health authorities, on the most preferable ways that it can apply in the future as regards the regulation...