RESUMEN
From Harvard to high school, concern related to academic misconduct, specifically cheating and its impact on societal issues, has become a great concern for educational communities. While a significant number of studies on ethical behaviors in practice in other professions such as business have been published, little research exists on registered nurses in practice. Even fewer studies have, for registered nurses, addressed if there is an association between perceived academic misconduct as students and perceived unethical behaviors in the workplace. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between perceptions of registered professional nurses' (RNs) current workplace behaviors and the RNs' retrospective perceptions of their academic misconduct as students. A convenience sample of 1 66 RNs enrolled in master's degree programs at four university schools of nursing completed questionnaires regarding their beliefs and behaviors. The outcome of this study was significant. Results revealed a strong relationship between unethical behaviors of the RN in practice and their prior academic misconduct when they were students.
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Actitud del Personal de Salud , Bachillerato en Enfermería/ética , Educación de Postgrado en Enfermería/ética , Ética en Enfermería/educación , Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud , Principios Morales , Mala Conducta Profesional/ética , Adulto , Competencia Clínica , Decepción , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Enfermeras y Enfermeros , Estudios Retrospectivos , Estadística como Asunto , Estudiantes de Enfermería , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Estados Unidos , Lugar de Trabajo , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge about academic misconduct in associate degree nursing students enrolled in two nursing programs in the northeastern United States. Study respondents (n = 193) identified the frequency of engagement in behaviors of misconduct in both the classroom and clinical setting and their attitudes toward the identified behaviors of misconduct, neutralization behaviors, ethical standards of the nursing profession, and the ethic of caring within the nursing profession. Findings were consistent with previous research on academic misconduct in baccalaureate nursing students. Analysis of self-reported cultural identities refuted the prevailing literature on academic misconduct across differing cultures and nations.