Maintaining your own integrity as a professional nurse is an essential part of your career. Despite knowing the consequences for an academic integrity infraction, why do some students still falsify their work?
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As a professional nurse, working in the clinical setting, maintaining integrity is vital in the relationship with my patients and their families. As mentioned in the American Associates of College of Nursing [AACN] Essentials of Baccalaureate Education (2008) “Through this connection, the nurse and patient work toward and understanding of a wide variety or physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs, health-illness decisions and life changes.” (p.27) Patients rely on their healthcare team to give accurate information regarding their health; therefore, they can make educated decisions. Another area where integrity is important is between the nurse and doctor. In the clinic setting, I work with one cardiologist. On a day-to-day basis, he is calling with orders and relies on me to carry them out and follow up to make sure the patients have gotten the testing completed. By working together, we can give the patients the best treatment and get better compliance from patients and families.
In the future, I hope to use the foundations of what I have learned and continue to learn, by staying up to date on trials or new medications, in my nursing practice to be able to give my patients continued education on their illness or chronic health issues.
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