Sometimes, in life we may be tempted to take shortcuts or use easier means to meet deadlines and reduce workload but as students,mothers and nursing professionals doing what is ethically right makes a huge difference. I was rather enlightened today after reading those resources about plagiarism and realizing that I may have offended authors in the past through my ignorance on this matter . Plagiarism is the use of another’s words or ideas without clear identification of the source (Price, 2014). This can be intentional or unintentional. Intentional plagiarism involves a person who knowingly copied the work of another individual and purposefully omitted credit to the original author to take credit for the ideas. Unintentional plagiarism usually involves ignorance and poor writing, paraphrasing, and referencing skills (de Souza, 2016). Plagiarism is a very serious academic offense (Prentice,2004,p.7). As a student, reusing someone’s ideas and making it your own is basically cheating and may result in probation, getting no credit or even expulsion from the institution. Being in the nursing profession, I oathed to practice within my scope of practice and by practicing what is ethically right for thus improving patient outcomes. Therefore, I personally believe that plagiarism should be avoided at all costs because it can harm the integrity and lives of others that we care for and at large the reputation of this educational institution . Nursing practice is solely based on evidence based practice from research and valuable sources such as my nursing textbooks . According to A,Smriti 2020, Nurses are supposed to be the most trusted professionals today. Upholding values and standards of academic integrity is foundational if nurses are to sustain this trust. (A.Smriti,2020). There is a wealth of knowledge and incredible resources available on the GCU student access to develop my APA writing substantially such as the online library. Information literacy can be defined as the learner’s ability to search for, access, and evaluate peer-reviewed articles (Brettle & Raynor, 2013). I am looking forward to using Lopes Write services and Purdue Online Writing Lab to help with formatting,referencing and citing.
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