can you make it all the way through nursing school on dishonesty alone?

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i know somoene that cheated in every last one of their pre reqs and has plans to cheat their way through nursing school. they have very poor math skills, and said that they will have a friend who can do math in nursing school with them who will do it for them so they can make a 90% on the math tests. this person has gotten away with cheatign so well i wonder if he will make it as far as being able to sit for the nclex

i am curious to know if there is a way for someone to get all the way through nursing on dishonesty especially for the chronic cheaters who cheat on everything they do? in nursing school do the instructors do more to weed out the cheaters?

i feel that this person doesnt deserve to be a nurse at all. why pick a professoin that you have to do that much cheating. and to not know basic math is big concern as well.

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Specializes in Trauma Surgical ICU.

I really don't see how they plan on someone taking the math test for them, but if they find away around it; I am sure the exams will stop them. If not, NCLEX will kick their behind :)

If you know what is going on, you can go to the instructor and give them the heads up. Other than, time will tell..

If you have done all you can do, don't waste anymore time on this person. Focus on your goals.

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Specializes in Pediatric Hem/Onc.

^^ what Sun said!

You can cheat till the cows come home....but you don't get to phone a friend during NCLEX. Or even before that, clinicals will show what you really know. You can turn them in if you feel it's necessary but at the end of the day? SHake it off and focus on you.

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Wow, someone has a friend to do all of that homework for them? To take all their tests? To take their NCLEX?

I don't believe that someone can cheat their way entirely through nursing school. Sure, they may be able to cheat here and there, but to not study, to have constant help with homework, etc? Nope, don't buy it.

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I dont think someone can cheat their way through Nursing school, eventually it will catch up and they prob wont pass the NCLEX. I would just steer clear from this person and worry about my own work :)

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lol weird thread. The only question I have is, "Who cares?"

Reminds me of that Leonardo DiCrapio movie 'Catch me if you can'

"How did you cheat on the Bar Exam?"

"I didnt cheat-I studied for a week and took the test and passed"

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um.. youre not going to mass bay by any chance are you?? random..

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Specializes in student; help!.

I'd like to see someone cheat their way through skills test-outs. Well, if they had an identical twin, maybe..

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Specializes in Cardiac, Rehab.

I doubt seriously anybody can cheat their way through any school, especially nursing school. Although I can't speak for every school, we have an honor code and part of that code is not to tolerate anybody who cheats. Here you would be honor bound to report that person. When you think about it, a person that cheats their way through is undercutting everybody else who works hard for their grades. And lastly, would you want to be a pt at the hands of a nurse who cheated for their passing grades?

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Education.

I am an instructor and you can't bs one on one. When I am in the med room with a student, they can either calculate safely or not. I do not pass students who are unsafe, and the ability to safely calculate is key in nursing.

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I'm in my final semester and there are plenty of cheaters all around me! I have point blank turned them in, had profs see the cheating and yet, here they are, sitting in class next to me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the NCLEX will weed them out. so sick of that concept. Honest people who struggle are gone semester after semester, but the cheaters remain. Is that not galling enough? And yes, if they pass the NCLEX just like everyone else don't they deserve to be RNs? One prof said it best "cheater in nursing school= killer in the field"... or at least a really ****** coworker.

I should really stop reading cheating posts. It's not good for my mental health. :mad:

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I'm in my final semester and there are plenty of cheaters all around me! I have point blank turned them in, had profs see the cheating and yet, here they are, sitting in class next to me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the NCLEX will weed them out. so sick of that concept. Honest people who struggle are gone semester after semester, but the cheaters remain. Is that not galling enough? And yes, if they pass the NCLEX just like everyone else don't they deserve to be RNs? One prof said it best "cheater in nursing school= killer in the field"... or at least a really ****** coworker.

I should really stop reading cheating posts. It's not good for my mental health. :mad:

I don't condone cheating at all, it's not OK, and if I saw someone "cheating" or "cutting corners" in clinical where someone can end up injured I would report it immediately.

That said, why get so angry about it and let it effect your life. Whether people pass or not and struggle is only something they can control. Someone cheating isn't going to effect ME and how I DO in nursing school. It is wasted energy to let yourself get angry over something or someone that you have no control over and that doesn't effect your life at all. You know what I mean?

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