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Postgraduate nursing students' conceptions on scientific integrity and research ethics
Danubia Andressa da Silva Stigger1, Jamila Geri Tomaschewski Barlem1, Klaus Nobre Stigger1
1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Revista Brasileira De Enfermagem
|February 9, 2022
Summary
Postgraduate Nursing students view scientific integrity as crucial, encompassing ethical research practices and the challenges posed by academic pressures. Ensuring ethical conduct is vital for trustworthy scientific knowledge dissemination.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Research Ethics
- Scientific Integrity
Background:
- Understanding student perceptions of scientific integrity is essential for fostering ethical research environments.
- Academic productivism presents potential challenges to maintaining integrity in scientific research.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore postgraduate Nursing students' conceptions of integrity in scientific research.
- To identify key ethical considerations and challenges related to scientific integrity within postgraduate research.
Main Methods:
- A qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory study.
- Conducted with 40 postgraduate Nursing students from a public university in Southern Brazil.
- Data collected via interviews using a synchronous communication tool and analyzed through textual discourse analysis.
Main Results:
- Two main categories emerged: 'Scientific integrity: the ethical dimension of research' and 'Implications of academic productivism for scientific integrity'.
- Student conceptions highlight the intrinsic link between ethical elements and scientific integrity.
- The impact of academic productivism on research integrity was identified as a significant concern.
Conclusions:
- Cross-sectional ethical practices are necessary across all scientific production.
- Perpetuating scientific knowledge requires harmony between ethical conduct and community representation.
- Integrating ethical considerations is paramount for maintaining the integrity of scientific endeavors.
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