cheating

[chijon512]

is cheating big in your program?

i know of an adn program where cheating is an accepted part of the student culture. seems like most students do it, the rest are aware of it. a big thing there was getting in good with the right people so they could "help you out."

i was wondering if this is the norm...

[RNDreamer]

I'm starting clinicals at LIU this Fall. This is very disturbing. I didn't even know that you could cheat during this exam. When my friends were at LIU, all those who were caught cheating were kicked out, no if, ands or but...and people WERE caught cheating...I guess the cheaters in my class will have fun in nursing school...

I have a major concern. Im very distraught because of a huge cheating fiasco that is occuring in my school, Long Island University. We are graduating in may and the "valevictorian " was caught cheating on a Hesi exam, where you sign a contract not to disclose any information. This girl wrote down all the answers to 110 questions. She was caught red handed by our professor and was to be terminated. Apparently, the dean and everyone else for some odd reason is thinking of letting her slide. This is very disturbing and I dont know what to do. I feel like my nursing program is a joke and the authorities arent doing anything. These nurses are going to be the ones that ending up injuring patients. Is there anything that I should??

Distraught nursing student

[bobbyduracel]

I am in an accelerated BSN program, so the majority of the students are "super seniors". Thankfully, this means most of us have completed a degree, are familiar with the workload, and wanted to be good nurses so much we decided to cram 60 classroom credits and 600 clinical hours in 12 months AFTER already having a degree in something else.

On top of that, the tuition was horrific.

My point? A lot of sacrifice was required to complete the program, so cheating is at a minimal.

I know of one guy who lets his girlfriend (also in the program) write his careplans. It's disgusting, and he's only barely passing his clinical thanks to her. Further, he landed a great spot for comprehensives b/c he made sure to kiss up to the instructors, which put a lot of us in a foul mood.

He is a graduate of a university that allowed cheating for athletes, comes from a high school baseball program that allowed cheating, and just thinks he'll be a great nurse even though he can barely pass the courses.

I am confident that nursing is NOT a profession one can succeed in without REALLY knowing the material. I feel sorry for his patients, and I hope his employers realize quickly he is in the wrong line of work.

The norm? Not at all. I am proud to be a part of my SON. They pioneered the Accelerated Option (first in the nation, 1971) and have since been one of the very best in the nation.

The pass rate is 99-100%, depending on the source cited, and the staff is amazing. They have a good eye for students, but nobody's perfect. My experience has been that hard work is the norm, thankfully.