If you think you are not harming anyone by your actions, you are wrong. You are very likely hurting not only yourself, and cheating yourself out of becoming the best nurse you can be, you are also harming your entire class, and very likely those who follow behind you. The consequences of cheating do affect the entire class, especially those students who put as much effort into studying for an exam, as you do figuring out a supposed easy way to pass. It creates an atmosphere on exam days that is hostile, which increases the anxiety of the entire class, and is especially harmful to those who already have test anxiety. The increase in anxiety causes those who studied hard to not perform as well as usual, or even improve significantly due to fear of being labeled a cheater. It also punishes those who worked hard, but are no longer allowed to learn from their mistakes due to not longer being able to review exams.
Basically cheaters suck, and it sucks being punished for the actions of another!
Signed,
Frustrated Nursing Student who is working her bum off to become a great nurse!
I know because we were told, threatened, and scolded as well as treated like we were all cheaters prior to our last exam. However we were not told who the culprit was, or which semester the cheaters are/were in.
You sound paranoid and resentful of others who may simply be doing better than you. Why do you assume people are cheating? I went to nursing school and I never once even thought about people cheating. It never crossed my mind. I just studied like everyone else and graduated. I don't know why you are so worried about cheaters, sounds paranoid!
I have never known of anyone cheating on exams, but I find online discussions frustrating. I still can't understand why instructors don't make it where discussion posts are not visible to everyone until the due date. Then give time for reading and responding AFTER everyone has submitted their initial discussion. Hang in there.
Specializes in Hospice, Case Mgt., RN Consultant, ICU.
I was never aware of any of my classmates cheating in nursing school, but it seems we are living in a different world where ethics are ignored. Hopefully I am wrong, but that is how it feels to me. What bothers me about nursing students cheating is what will they do when they become RNs and make an error. Will they try to cover it up? As an experienced RN and a recent patient I have experienced having my medical treatment records being falsified by two RNs, one of whom only became licensed in 2007! This has caused me both physical and emotional harm. As a licensed professional I am required to report these nurses, but when I finally get this done will my nursing board do anything? These nurses need to be stopped as I am sure I am not the only patient they have lied about and harmed!
You sound paranoid and resentful of others who may simply be doing better than you. Why do you assume people are cheating? I went to nursing school and I never once even thought about people cheating. It never crossed my mind. I just studied like everyone else and graduated. I don't know why you are so worried about cheaters sounds paranoid![/quote']
Read my other posts in this thread, I don't suspect cheating, I'm the victim of the after affects of cheating. I'm doing quite well in my program actually, but that's because I put the effort into it. I want my patients to live because I worked hard, not die because I was more worried about just passing, than I was learning.
Yup I saw fellow students cheat and get two points hire than me.. yes I was ticked! I wouldnt turn them in.. not cool. But I'd love to see them caught in the act!
I caught one of them signaling from across the room while the teacher wasn't looking. And also looking at the scantron of the person next to them. Before we used to be able to sit wherever we wanted (no seats apart) but when we got to 2nd term we had assigned seats every time we had an exam. They became stricter then.. When the students started complaining about the cheating that was going on.
You sound paranoid and resentful of others who may simply be doing better than you. Why do you assume people are cheating? I went to nursing school and I never once even thought about people cheating. It never crossed my mind. I just studied like everyone else and graduated. I don't know why you are so worried about cheaters, sounds paranoid!
Have you even read through the posts? The WHOLE class is being punished based on the cheaters... you're not paranoid if they're really out there ;-)
We had (operative word) a student who not only cheated on a semester project which required us to hold three interviews with a person above the age of 70 years old, this student faked all three interviews, but she also let it be known to other students that she cheated on the TEAS Test.
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I know because we were told, threatened, and scolded as well as treated like we were all cheaters prior to our last exam. However we were not told who the culprit was, or which semester the cheaters are/were in.