Fellow student, BIG TIME user and cheater.

NurseB_, BSN, RN · Aug 12, 2011

If they did make it in they want be there long if they keep doing things like that, TRUST ME! Nursing school is all about gaining knowledge and learning it for yourself! If you cheat throughout you are only hurting yourself. And if they do happen to make it out of nursing school they will definitely fail the NCLEX! There is no cheating on that test!

ckh23, BSN, RN · Aug 12, 2011

They will be weeded out eventually.

caliotter3 · Aug 12, 2011

I remember watching a fellow student cheat on a pharm test. What gets me almost 40 years later is that it never occurred to me to rat out the cheater. I think my jaw must have been open throughout the rest of the exam after I saw that.

Pneumothorax, BSN, RN · Aug 12, 2011

they wont last long.what troubles me is , i could really care less that they are cheating, wasting their money and not learning a darn thing, but its putting their patients at risk/ in danger..because they wont know up from down . and like sn2012 said, you cant cheat on the NCLEX hahah..

hopeful_2013 · Aug 12, 2011

The worst thing is, I'm one of the students that helped this individual study to pass but, I later found out, from other students, that this individual used me for my kindness. I feel so terrible. Thank you all so much for responding. I was hoping you all would help me ease my worry.

MN-Nurse, ASN, RN · Aug 12, 2011

Do people like this make it all the way in Nursing school? If so, what was your experiences and how did the other classmates react to such a fellow classmate?

They didn't in my class. If you couldn't hack it on your own, you were hosed.

BBRANRN2013, ASN, RN · Aug 12, 2011

In our nursing classes there is no possible way that one could cheat. They are very strict on where you sit when taking tests, and you are to have absolutely nothing on your desk not even a drink. They give you pencils, you can't even use your own. If they see you look at someone or something they will automatically take your test and you are canned. As for clinicals you can't cheat, so in my opinion this person will get kicked out eventually.

Iridescent Orchid, CNA, LPN · Aug 12, 2011

They'll definitely be burnt out soon if they have no passion for this and to be cheating just to get by, they most certainly don't. I agree, they will either drop out themselves, or get weeded out! Don't worry...people like that can't make it to actually getting their license, after all like it's been said, there's no way that student will be cheating on the NCLEX! Don't sweat it. :)

Pneumothorax, BSN, RN · Aug 13, 2011

They'll definitely be burnt out soon if they have no passion for this and to be cheating just to get by, they most certainly don't. I agree, they will either drop out themselves, or get weeded out! Don't worry...people like that can't make it to actually getting their license, after all like it's been said, there's no way that student will be cheating on the NCLEX! Don't sweat it. :)

besides...whats the point of cheating thru school just to get a degree...serious hell and anguish of late sleepless nights and stress of school just to get a job they may not really be good at or care about...sounds pointless to me.

hopeful_2013 · Aug 13, 2011

Good news :up: I'm glad to hear that most of those individuals got what was coming to them. I'm not about revenge but, I am about protecting the patients. Heaven forbid these people get to be RNs :eek:

applewhitern, BSN, RN · Aug 13, 2011

Someone might could cheat on pre-requisite classes, but I don't see how they could cheat on real, actual nursing classes. You have to learn this stuff or you fail pretty quickly.