Academic misconduct in nursing students: Behaviors, attitudes, rationalizations, and cultural identity

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 653-659

  McCrink, Andrea ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECEPTION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMPATHY; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CODES OF ETHICS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECEPTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, ASSOCIATE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PLAGIARISM; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; RATIONALIZATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 78149451882     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20100831-03     Document Type: Article

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