It goes without saying, yet nevertheless must be said, that nursing students are expected to maintain the highest personal and professional integrity in carrying out their responsibilities within a course. In this course there are times when students are encouraged to collaborate with each other by discussing ideas, reviewing each other's work, and working on common projects.
Academic dishonesty is absolutely unacceptable.
As one higher education guideline clarifies, Academic dishonesty is any treatment or representation of work as if one were fully responsible for it, when it is in fact, the work of another person or work in which one has received unacknowledged assistance from others. It includes, but is not limited to Intentionally submitting any fraudulent or plagiarized academic work.