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Academic integrity among nursing students: A survey of knowledge and behavior
Isabelle Nortes1, Katharina Fierz2, Mads Paludan Goddiksen3
1Department for Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Background:
Minimal research has been done to determine how well European nursing students understand the core principles of academic integrity and how often they deviate from good academic practice.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to find out what educational needs nursing students have in terms of academic integrity.
Research Design:
A quantitative cross-sectional study in the form of a survey of nursing students was conducted via questionnaire in the fall of 2020.
Participants:
The sample was composed of 79 students in the BScN and MScN programs at Zürich University of Applied Sciences.
Ethical Considerations:
An application for a non-competence clearance was approved by the Ethics Committee in Zurich (BASEC No. Req-2020-00868). The survey was anonymous, and informed consent was obtained prior to participation.
Results:
The participants had a high level of confidence in their own knowledge but were in many cases unable to correctly identify clear-cut examples of misconduct and to differentiate them from questionable practices. About 13% of the participants admitted that during their university education they had copied shorter passages from other sources into their own text without marking them as quotes.
Conclusions:
The study documents extensive knowledge gaps among nursing students regarding both academic misconduct and questionable practices and indicates a need for improved academic integrity training.
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