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The thing about all of this is that it was the instructors who brought it to all of our attention. That is how we found out! They made an announcement in our class and some of us (most of us) were wondering what in the heck they were talking about since it doesn't apply to us. My closest friends and I are trying to figure out who the cheaters are. If they come forward and turn themselves in then they get to remain in the program! I am ticked about that We feel that if they have been cheating, they should fail out. I guess in the long run it will catch up with them cuz they won't be able to pass the NCLEX if they don't know the material! I just wanted to get other's view on this! Thanks for all the comments!

your friend unfortunately thinks the same as some of the students in my program but i have four young children also and i am doing it the right way! yes, it is very hard and i spend countless hours away from home studying but, like you said, in the end when i graduate i will feel proud that i did it on my own with a lot of hard work. it will be one of my greatest accomplishments! take my advice and do it the right way so you can be proud of yourself! thanks and take care! :wink2:

Ok, this is the first time I have posted anything. I have been reading tons of stuff on here for about a year but I had to get some feedback on this one. Recently it was brought to our class' attention that there is cheating going on in our nursing program! I am totally shocked at this. I am a mother of four young children ages 5-9 (twins are 5) and I spend numerous hours away from kids to study and learn to be the best nurse that I can be and some idiots are skating by. I am in my second semester and supposedly there are students in my class as well as semesters 3 and 4 who are doing this. The students in my class (like me) who work their butts off and a little ticked off to say the least. I was wondering if anybody else out there has dealt with this in nursing school? Oh yeah, the story is that if the people with the tests (don't ask how they got them!) come forward then they can stay in the program. The ones who are caught and don't come forward will be dropped with an "F" and their nursing careers are over. They are only cheating themselves but many of us are ticked off! Any thoughts? Sorry to rant on my first post! On a better note, I love this site!!:nuke:

It is nice to hear that I am not alone in this! I have four children ages 8,5, and twins that are 4 yrs. old. I just graduated in june with two assoc. degrees and I am awaiting my nursing program which I will be starting in spring '08. I sometimes don't know how I made it this far but I would LIVE at Barnes and Noble near my home to study every day and night that I didn't have classes. My husband took care of the kids at night with dinner, baths, etc. so I could do what I had to do. I also keep telling myself that it is only temporary and will benefit the family tremendously when I am done! If any of you would like to talk or have insight to us moms going back to school, let me know! Take care everybody and GOOD LUCK!!!! Believer4