What to do when U know others are cheating...(in classes)

[KBnursestudent]

[squeakykitty]

This was a major issue in my class. I say, worry about what you are doing only. There is no reason in college to act like you are in 3rd grade. It is not your job to be hall monitor.

What about being a pt. advocate? A cheater can hurt or kill someone in clinicals if they don't have the knowledge they could have had by studying. Would you go to or take a family member to a doctor who cheated their way through medical school?

i wouldn't tell, i would just move to an area of the classroom where the cheater(s) wasn't situated. reason being, if you tell you may become involved in something that could potentially become very ugly. nursing school is hard enough without all the issues

I would tell, because I wouldn't want any patient to be hurt or killed.

[Absolutely13]

I witnessed two people cheating way back in my biology final lab practicals. I called the instructor later that day, full of conflict, and found out one of the two had to repeat biology from the prior term because of cheating allegations.

They were both bounced from the class on my phone call. I had to sign a statement, but what I saw was iron clad.

I still feel uneasy about what I did.

[Katie82, RN]

This type of student(the cheater) steams me!!! I turned a student in during our seacond or third semester due to cheating. She had a "learning disability" and had to take exams in a special room(by herself), had long time to do it.quote]

While I do support accomodating disabilities, how is a nurse who cannot take a test in a room with other classmates going to function on a hospital floor? She should have had a preceptor during tests. I also have to ask myself how many times someone who repeatedly flunks semesters should be allowed to return. Why should someone be allowed to stay until they get it right (and marginally, no doubt) when there are worthy nursing school candidates on waiting lists?