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Learning Objective 1: identify the relationship between nursing student engagement in behaviors of academic misconduct and their attitudes towards academic misconduct.
Learning Objective 2: discuss the role cultural identity has on nursing student engagement in academic misconduct and attitudes towards academic misconduct.
The purpose of this study was to explore how often nursing students (n = 193) enrolled in two associate degree nursing programs in the United States engaged in behaviors of academic misconduct and their attitudes towards behaviors of academic misconduct. Given the changing demographics of students enrolled in nursing programs in the United States, this study also explored the role cultural identity has on nursing student engagement in behaviors of academic misconduct and their attitudes towards academic misconduct.
Methods:
The researcher developed survey, following use of an expert panel for content validity and factor analysis, was distributed to second-year associate degree nursing students. Descriptive statistics, an analysis of variance, correlation analysis and regression analysis was used in this study.
Results:
Data from this study revealed that nursing students continue to engage in behaviors of academic misconduct and that their attitudes towards behaviors of academic misconduct do not ensure that they will not engage in specific behaviors of academic misconduct. Contrary to the prevailing literature, no significant difference was found among four cultural identities on the frequency of engagement in behaviors of academic misconduct and attitudes towards nursing academic misconduct.
Conclusion:
Unfortunately, academic misconduct by nursing students remains a pervasive and problematic issue in nursing education. The failure of a nursing student to be honest in any didactic and/or clinical situation has the potential to jeopardize current and future nursing practice by graduating students who are incapable of providing safe, competent, ethical, and caring nursing care. Awareness of this issue by nurse educators and practicing nurses is a measure which may significantly reduce incidences of academic misconduct and ensure ethical nursing practice.
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