Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: December | Volume: 9 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 110-116
Academic Integrity among Nursing Students
Anoopa K.R1, Manila Mathews2, P.V. Greeshma3, Mercy Thomas3, Sindhu Ambika3
1Principal, Bishop Benziger College of Nursing,
2Assistant Professor, Bishop Benziger College of Nursing, Kollam.
3Tutor, Bishop Benziger College of Nursing, Kollam.
Corresponding Author: Anoopa K.R
ABSTRACT
Academic integrity is the commitment and demonstration of honest and moral behavior in an academic setting. This is most relevant at the university level as it relates to providing credit to other people when using their ideas. In simplest terms, it requires acknowledging the contributions of other people. A descriptive study was conducted to assess the academic integrity among undergraduate nursing students in selected nursing college, Kollam. The students were asked to fill a demographic Proforma to obtain baseline data and a Likert scale to assess the behavior that compromises academic integrity like copying in exams, falsification of information / data, plagiarism, forging of attendance, and copying of assignments. The analysis of the data was done by using descriptive statistics. Results have shown that falsification of information/ data and copying of assignments from others is the most prevalent behavior observed by participants among their colleagues that reflected lack of academic integrity.
Key words: academic integrity, plagiarism, falsification, forging and copying.