Perceptions of academic integrity among nursing students.
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...Woith et al. (2012) found that nursing students could define and recognise broad characteristics of someone with academic integrity, for example, trustworthiness; however there appears to be confusion regarding the understanding of what constitutes various forms of cheating....
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...These results demonstrate the importance of educating students about academic integrity and how to avoid plagiarism, particularly in preparing to practice in a profession such as nursing where a lack of ethics and honesty could impact on patient safety and patient care outcomes (Woith et al, 2012)....
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...In a mixed-methods study undertaken by Woith et al. (2012), the authors found that participants believed that there were occasions when cheating was acceptable....
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...Four papers reported on two studies (Arhin 2009, Arhin & Jones 2009, Woith et al. 2012, 2013)....
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...Educators are supposed to provide an academic environment that diminishes opportunities for dishonesty, supports the moral development of students, and resumes the high moral standards of the nursing profession.(4,6,19) The International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI)(20) defines academic integrity as ‘‘a commitment, even in the face of adversity, to five fundamental values: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility’’ and adds an additional element: the quality of courage....
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...The environment created by the faculty may also contribute to the rise of academic dishonesty.(6) For example, as health sciences are becoming increasingly complex and faculty expects students to master more content within a fixed program, academic dishonesty behavior may become more pronounced....
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...This may predispose them toward academic dishonesty and force them to display dishonest behaviors.(6,39) Our literature review revealed a gap in work related to midwifery and nutrition-dietetics students’ tendency toward academic dishonesty....
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...Woith et al.6 stressed that there was a shift in nursing students’ perception of academic integrity and that students have started to consider academic dishonesty as normal....
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...For example, as health sciences are becoming increasingly complex and faculty expects students to master more content within a fixed program, academic dishonesty behavior may become more pronounced.(6) Academic dishonesty is not a new phenomenon; however, today it is occurring at an increasing rate....
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...Furthermore, schools of nursing are becoming increasingly competitive, and students are under pressure to maintain high grades (Kolanko et al., 2007; Roberson, 2009)....
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...Academic experience should prepare students for professional practice (Kolanko et al., 2007), and cheating undoubtedly interferes with the education of new nurses (Yardley et al., 2009)....
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...Nurse educators, as gatekeepers to the profession, place emphasis on excellence in student performance (Kolanko et al., 2007; Tippitt et al., 2009)....
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...High-tech cheating included purchasing copies of examinations online, texting answers, using handheld devices to access the Internet, and using small cameras or camera phones to take pictures of examination pages (Arhin, 2009; Harper, 2006; Kolanko et al., 2007; Langone, 2007)....
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...…of other disciplines (Lovett-Hooper, Komarraju, Weston, & Dollinger, 2007; Martin, Rao, & Sloan, 2009; Yardley, Rodriguez, Bates, & Nelson, 2009), little research has been conducted on dishonesty in nursing education (Baxter & Boblin, 2007; Harper, 2006; Kolanko et al., 2007; Tippitt et al., 2009)....
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...nursing profession (McCabe, 2009), or to heightened time pressures inherent in accelerated programs, or both....
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...The incidence of academic dishonesty is increasing among college students (Arhin, 2009; Fontana, 2009; Harper, 2006; McCabe, 2009; Tippitt et al., 2009)....
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...Nursing faculty have endorsed assigning seats, moving seats further apart during examinations, using multiple test forms, having students leave belongings at the front of the room, and using at least two proctors who walk around the room, as useful practices in preventing cheating (Arhin, 2009; Kolanko et al., 2007; McCabe, 2009; Roberson, 2009; Tippitt et al., 2009)....
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...This may be related to inadequate time for socialization into the 254 © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc Nursing Forum Volume 47, No. 4, October-December 2012 nursing profession (McCabe, 2009), or to heightened time pressures inherent in accelerated programs, or both....
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...Gresley, 2009), and from 58% to 94% of nursing students (McCabe, 2009; Roberson, 2009), reported that they or their peers had engaged in academic dis-...
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...Furthermore, schools of nursing are becoming increasingly competitive, and students are under pressure to maintain high grades (Kolanko et al., 2007; Roberson, 2009)....
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...Nursing faculty have endorsed assigning seats, moving seats further apart during examinations, using multiple test forms, having students leave belongings at the front of the room, and using at least two proctors who walk around the room, as useful practices in preventing cheating (Arhin, 2009; Kolanko et al., 2007; McCabe, 2009; Roberson, 2009; Tippitt et al., 2009)....
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...Academic experience should prepare students for professional practice (Kolanko et al., 2007), and cheating undoubtedly interferes with the education of new nurses (Yardley et al., 2009)....
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...Nurse educators, as gatekeepers to the profession, place emphasis on excellence in student performance (Kolanko et al., 2007; Tippitt et al., 2009)....
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...High-tech cheating included purchasing copies of examinations online, texting answers, using handheld devices to access the Internet, and using small cameras or camera phones to take pictures of examination pages (Arhin, 2009; Harper, 2006; Kolanko et al., 2007; Langone, 2007)....
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