You are responsible for the skills laboratory (either for mentoring a small group of new nurses or senior nursing students), and it is time for check-offs. You prepared four different scenarios, each requiring different nursing skills. You provided the learners with a basic overview of each scenario. The day before the check-off, you select the one scenario that will be used for the check-off, and prepare the skills laboratory. During the check-off, you are repeatedly amazed at how well-prepared the learners are. The next day, after the check-off, one of the learners comes to your office and asks to speak to you. During the conversation, she identifies that another learner had correctly found out which scenario was going to be used during the check-off and told everyone in the group. She refuses to identify the other learner who found out the information. What would be your course of action?

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In this scenario, my course of action would be to thank the student for reporting this issue as it would contribute substantially to their success in their professional careers lives. I would then call the schedule for a meeting with the learners to discuss academic integrity and its impacts on their academic and professional performance. Some learners lack knowledge or are uncertain about what academic dishonesty entails. I would discuss with them what academic dishonest is, stressing that what they did to pass the check-off was academic and professional dishonesty. I would be sure to provide them with appropriate resources with examples of issues related to….Please click the icon below to purchase full answer at only $5