Academic Integrity in an Online Registered Nurse to Baccalaureate in Nursing Program

Abstract

This study did not support contemporary concerns that cheating is more prevalent in online courses.

The impact of a journal club intervention on student perceptions and behaviours regarding academic dishonesty

“…Personal characteristics of students, such as perfectionism, risk-taking, low self-confidence, poor impulse control, and poor study skills may predispose some to engage in dishonest acts [1,9] . Some researchers have asserted that technology facilitates academic dishonesty [1,10] , while others have not found this to be the case [7] .…”

“…Since academic integrity is foundational to socializing nursing students into the profession, the faculty is responsible for ensuring that high ethical standards are maintained [6,7] . Faculties who ignore academic dishonesty or fail to enforce ethics policies negatively impact all students.…”

“…Integrity and ethical behaviour are crucial to nursing and the provision of excellent patient care [6,7] . Since academic dishonesty often precedes unethical behaviour in clinical practice [4,11,12] , dishonest nursing students jeopardize the safety of patients.…”

“…The nursing profession is founded on ethical principles and codes of acceptable behaviour guide nurses worldwide [1,6,7] . In spite of nursing's reputation as a highly ethical profession, numerous studies have demonstrated that nursing students do not differ from other students in academic integrity [1,4,6,8,10,11] .…”

“…College students have admitted to participating in a variety of unethical behaviours, including plagiarism, sharing work, obtaining test questions prior to exams, cheating on examinations [1][2][3][6][7][8][9] , falsifying research [1] , and threatening faculties who administer tests [1,3] .…”