Integrity - Should I say something

[MickyMb2]

Hi everyone I am conflicted on this issue.

This person I know who is a fellow colleague has got me conflicted on a moral level. I do not know if I should go to administration about this or just leave it alone because we are still students and I don't want to ruin someone's life. This person I know has said multiple no so nice things about other races in my presence and just now posted a recording of a someone with the label "gracias senor", I have also physically seen this person steal and cheat on a quiz. I am so conflicted because I think that these things are so wrong and unbecoming of a nurse but at the same time is it my business to get involved and let someone know or do I just leave it alone and let this person dig their own grave eventually? Please help!!!

[rosellern]

Please report it! Think about how this person will be when she becomes a nurse? You are morally oblige to report it. See something, say something.. it can be anonymous and it is the administration’s role to investigate..

[Anursefor15yrs]

When Good Men (or women) Do Nothing,---evil prevails. Edmund Burke. Italic emphasis is mine.

[TheDudeWithTheBigDog, ADN, RN]

On 7/30/2019 at 11:53 PM, VivaLasViejas said:

nurses are the most trusted professionals in the United States, and among other things we are known for our integrity and advocacy.

Even though I'm not a nurse yet, I've worked in healthcare almost my entire life, and I've had to constantly work with nurses. Honestly, I don't think that's very true anymore. My experience lately, and things I've seen on these forums and facebook, nursing has become a trainwreck of inflated egos and extreme dishonesty. The more recent generations of nurses are a disaster. I've never seen so many people thrown under the bus, forced to take blame, to protect other people's jobs. Stealing drugs is getting out of hand. I've seen patients put in so many risky situations while nurses half-*** what they're doing. There's just no accountability anymore.

I think the OP should be a step towards nursing returning to having that integrity by saying something.

[Conan]

Nursing ethics requires one to report unethical behavior if witnessed. You may also reads school policy you've in all likelihood signed a document to report.
Ethics are really hard but the truth of the matter is you have a professional responsibility to the profession and if you do not report you are as guilt as the person cheating.