Plagerizing yourself?

[Juniper248]

Before going to nursing school I had a previous degree in a similar field. I was wondering if you can use a paper you wrote from a previous class and use it in a nursing school class. The paper I wrote that I want to use is online, so a plagiarism checker would definitely be able to find it. Keep in mind the paper that's online would have my name on it, so its obviously mine and I'm not stealing it from the internet.

What do you think about re-using a paper?

[Juniper248]

I'm not understanding your anger towards me. If this was a matter of calling bs on the system then that's what I would be doing. Unfortunately my part was to make a person aware of the reality of the situation. First you called bs then you end with how the companies who sell our schools plagiarism software make money off of us for our own work. Please revisit my post. I never said that I agree with, however it is what it is. Furthermore, the OP was specifically asking about reusing her work because she is fully aware of such software that professors use. AGAIN I say: the OP needs to ask permission. The permission would not be because it is her own work. The permission would be because it is something that had been done before and is clearly easily accessible. Its called covering you behind. Considering this is a nursing student as well, practice on covering your behind is a good thing. My point stands. Please don't call bs in my thoughts and then complain about the system that had that same "bs" in effect. OP, hopefully you understand my point. Although it us your work, using it without informing your instructor will not end well. Also simply quoting yourself is a touchy matter. However, if the instructor says they don't care, have at it....

In caring response to your concern

Yes, I do agree with you. As a nursing student its really all about protecting yourself. Whether its right or wrong, the last thing I would want is to get thrown out of school.

[Juniper248]

"If it is against the rules, it IS cheating. "

True. Which at that point it would only be a moral dilemma for me.

Then we could get into the whole discussion of why do I need to write a paper about public health when

1. This class is basically a duplicate of one I've taken before

2. I have absolutely no interest in the subject and I hate hate hate writing papers >.

-Which leads into the old argument "When will I ever need to do this as a nurse?!"

but thats a whole other topic.

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

One of the tips from someone when I mentioned going to grad school was to write each paper on the same topic. That way, you already have an established body of research and only need to find sources specific to the focus of that particular paper. That sounds much more ethical to me than turning in the exact same paper twice.