Should I report wide-spread cheating in my class?

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I noticed that suddenly the grades in our OB and Peds classes improved drastically...and I also found out why. One of the students in my class got their hands on the test bank and distributed it among most of the students. I refuse to cheat and my grades are fine without it, but I feel hurt that other students are getting 100s on tests they did not study for (and yeah, i'm not getting 100s lol). What should I do? Should I ignore it and feel bad or should I be a snitch? Our class is small - only 14 students - we still have one semester to go and I would really hate to be hated by everyone because of bringing this issue up with the teacher or school. There are a few students like me who study really hard to make good grades. It just does not seem to be fair. And there is always the question - would I want a nurse who cheated on their exams to be taking care of my loved ones? The answer is no.....but I still don't know how to go about this...any advice?

Specializes in cardiac-telemetry, hospice, ICU.

Shoot 'em in the pants, the coat and vest are mine!

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Well, either way. Cheating isn't going to pay off once they get to the NCLEX. It'll bite them in the $%# eventually.

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Specializes in Medical Surgical/Addiction/Mental Health.
Turns out the teacher posted the test bank in our school system - accidentally. Somebody noticed and it was taken down, however, students downloaded it. The teacher or the school did not say anything about using or not using the material our teacher posted. Oh well. This teacher is just finishing up her last semester, she is leaving.

That makes me feel better. I was trying to figure out how someone was able to access the information. Nurse Educate is correct in her post. Schools are going to favor the side of precaution since everyone is sue happy these days. Most instructors tend to do the same.

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a test bank? how did they find it??

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