PART 2: Strategies for Maintaining Integrity of Work

Expand on your thoughts from Part 1 by:

Identifying and describing strategies you intend to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of your 1) academic work while a student of the MSN program, and 2) professional work as a nurse throughout your career. Include a review of resources and approaches you propose to use as a student and a professional.

I will use a few tactics to make sure my academic work remains honest while I’m in the MSN program. I will place the utmost importance on having a solid understanding of the rules of academic integrity, which include referencing correctly, avoiding plagiarism, and properly citing sources. I can make sure that my academic writing adheres to accepted norms by routinely examining resources like the American Psychological Association (APA) style guide (APA, 2020). I also intend to make use of institutional resources, including workshops and writing centers, to improve my writing and get criticism on my work. Adopting a proactive stance, I will examine and confirm the originality of my submissions before submitting them by using plagiarism detection software such as Turnitin. This will be done as a preventative action as well as to give others trust that my scholarly contributions are genuine.

Upholding ethical standards is essential to providing high-quality patient care in my line of work as a nurse. The American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics offers a framework for moral nursing practice, and I promise to always abide by it (ANA, 2015). My regular involvement in professional development and continuous education will enable me to stay current on changing ethical norms and nursing best practices. Developing a mentorship connection with Nurse Bentley Jenkins will help you navigate moral conundrums in practical nursing situations and offer advice. To make sure that my choices and actions are in line with professional ethics, I also want to regularly evaluate them against ethical standards. This is known as reflective practice.

References:

American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. American Nurses Association.

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). APA.