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So I've been ordering my books from this website for sometime now. The prices are fair and shipping is quick. I always order my books early so that I could read it ahead of time so that I won't be overwhelmed when I go back to school after break. The thing is this time the company sent me the teachers edition. It has all the answers for the study guide and included the test bank for all my exams. They sent me 5 teachers edition. The question is do I use it? isn't it unfair for the other students? do i study like I never got it and then do the questions to see how i do? I don't want to cheat myself of an education and fail the nclex. What would you do?

Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.
lol did you get an A in the class?

Tee hee I should have known this was coming. :) Yes but I had a 4.0 going into nursing school so it wasn't that much of a stretch. Also let me say it had nothing with regard to the exam questions only the homework answers where as the regular student text book had every other homework answer in the back. Definitely be careful about who else you tell (especially in writing!!) because I'd be concerned that it could be blanked under dishonesty depending on your nursing school's policy. You know how it is, you tell one person, they tell one person... Call me paranoid but I wouldn't want to risk it.

edited to add: This was a math class so even with the answers I needed to show the work. Sure was helpful to see when I was wrong and be able to rework them though.

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I think you are lucky. Just continue to study like you have been doing. Number 1. Stop telling everyone that you have the books.:nono: Keep that to yourself. Because you will get caught if you tell to many people. Don't just study the answers just so you can pass your exams. Study the process and try to understand what you're studing. Try to challenge yourself a little. Maybe you were meant to have the books so you can help others like, form a study group with your classmates. Hay, your greatest reward will be that you will PASS THE NCLEX......on your first try.:nuke: :nuke: :nuke:.

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Specializes in Cardiac, Derm, OB.

Keep that baby at the house and revel in the reviews for test material and DO NOT TELL A SOUL!!!

Get another student copy for class.

By the way which book is it? LOL

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I have test banks. willing to $$hare.

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so this book has the actual exams that you will be taking in class? if the school uses this books exams exactly how you see them in the study guide then 1. you are lucky but... 2. that is cheating.

if you have in front of you to study your actual tests then i don't see how you would be learning the information (imo). it's a tough one, i would like to believe that i wouldn't look at a copy of my exam before i took it if i had a chance. also, what if a faculty member from your school was checking out this site and could figure out who you were from your previous posts, is it worth getting kicked out of school? i know my school has a code of ethics. just my opinion, which is easy to give because i don't have an answe key to my exams! good luck with whatever you decide!

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so this book has the actual exams that you will be taking in class? if the school uses this books exams exactly how you see them in the study guide then 1. you are lucky but... 2. that is cheating.

if you have in front of you to study your actual tests then i don't see how you would be learning the information (imo). it's a tough one, i would like to believe that i wouldn't look at a copy of my exam before i took it if i had a chance. also, what if a faculty member from your school was checking out this site and could figure out who you were from your previous posts, is it worth getting kicked out of school? i know my school has a code of ethics. just my opinion, which is easy to give because i don't have an answe key to my exams! good luck with whatever you decide!

i'll admit it's real hard to tell myself not to look at it. what student wouldn't in the privacy of their own home. if a teacher makes an exam all from a test bank aren't they guilty of being lazy. what's the point of having a lecture if your not going to ask questions from class? the students that do attend class don't benefit from it compared to students that don't go. i wouldn't call it cheating if i use it as a study guide. the only cheating that would happen is cheating myself when it comes to taking my boards.

toreo80 honestly would you look at it? in your honest opinion would you call it cheating if it happened to you.

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definitely DONT tell anyone!

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Specializes in Home Health.

You hit the lottery. As many others mentioned...keep quiet. BTW, which book is this?

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I took an online class once years ago, and used my book for every exam. That was cheating. If I had all the exam questions as you do , in all honesty, I would study the answers so I could keep my gpa and tell myself I would still learn the material. Which is why I am glad I am not in your shoes! I think that this would make things easier now but harder later. I think you should keep it cause you'd regret sending it back but you should also accept that it is cheating. And do not tell anyone! infact, I think you should tell your friend that graduated last year that you told about it that you sent it back.

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I sincerely do NOT think it is cheating - MANY college textbooks have the answers in the back of the book! Even looking up the answers to assigment questions do not guarantee passing any closed-booked classroom quizzes or tests. I think all books should have an answer key, everything I've learned in college has been from my MISTAKES - there's nothing that irks me more than to tell me I've got an answer wrong and not bother to explain how or why.

As said before by several people, it's simply a comprehensive study guide. Use it! Quiz yourself frequently and efficiently! Oh yeah, never bring it to school and tell NO ONE. Jealous, bitter people will definitely try to bring you down. :nono:

My vote: LOTTERY! :nuke:

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Nursing instructor responding, I never use the textbook questions as I know they are not secure questions. In addtion the textbook test bank questions are not always written in current NCLEX-style and they aren't as high level as your instructor/nursing program may like. The nursing program that I am associated with will not use the textbook test bank questions for the reasons I've stated. Your nursing program may well have a similar policy.

In my experience students that have had exam success based on access to the textbook questions alone (didn't study the material, just learned the answers to the questions) were unsuccessful on either the comprehensive exam (that didn't include textbook test bank questions) or the NCLEX-RN. If the information in the teacher's edition of the text helps you to understand the concepts, that is great but you will need to study all course material for success in the course and on the NCLEX.

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i sincerely do not think it is cheating - many college textbooks have the answers in the back of the book! even looking up the answers to assigment questions do not guarantee passing any closed-booked classroom quizzes or tests. i think all books should have an answer key, everything i've learned in college has been from my mistakes - there's nothing that irks me more than to tell me i've got an answer wrong and not bother to explain how or why.

as said before by several people, it's simply a comprehensive study guide. use it! quiz yourself frequently and efficiently! oh yeah, never bring it to school and tell no one. jealous, bitter people will definitely try to bring you down. :nono:

my vote: lottery! :nuke:

hey, i never said i wouldn't keep it but it is cheating. her/his school is using the exams that came with this book, these not the questions at the end of the chapter if the teacher edition is like others i have seen. a teachers edition textbook typically comes with a cd with unit exams that can be printed out as well as various other quizes, assignments, and a whole bunch of other helpful things for the teacher to use. if the school is not making up their own exams and using this material this person has every single answer to every single exam. sure they have to memorize it and might forget a few but knowing the exact content that you are being tested on is a huge advantage. i know at my school we have 4 exams in a term, no quizes, no other grades, each exam being 25% of your final grade. each exam covers a huge amount of material over various topics - narrowed down to 75 questions. if i knew what 75 questions they were going to ask, i would not have to study everything, just those questions asked. i am a little jealous (not in the way you implied) cause i have a family that i would love to spend more time with and if i knew exactly what to study i might have that time. but i am not bitter, just trying to show both sides, since everyone said to keep it. maybe my advice would be to keep it too! i just didn't think all the posters realized what comes with a teachers edition (a have a family member who teaches)

look at it this way: say your professor is making copes of your next exam, she takes the pile and leaves the copy room. you pass her in the hall on your way to the copy room to make a copy of something yourself. you realize the copier is out of paper, you add paper and the copier spits out 1 copy of your next exam - oops, the professor didnt realize the job wasnt done just needed paper. if you keep that copy from the machine and use it to study, is that not cheating? this student has that exam copy just it was mailed to her in error. (sorry for the caps - not angry just wanted my scenario in different text)

more than anything though, i was trying to help this person out by presenting the other side of the token, so they can make an objective decision fon their own. if the original poster has been a member of all nurses for a while and at one time posted where they go to school or when they graduate, someone might find out - either a professor or a jealous bitter classmate for example. i was just trying to help out a fellow nursing student! good luck op!!!!:nuke:

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