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Scientific Misconduct as a Dilemma for Nursing
Author(s) -
Hawley Donna J.,
Jeffers Jeanette M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1992.tb00699.x
Subject(s) - misconduct , scientific misconduct , dilemma , promotion (chess) , nursing , ethical dilemma , psychology , publication , medical education , medicine , political science , law , alternative medicine , epistemology , pathology , philosophy , politics
Scientific misconduct—fabrication, falsification, plagiarism or other deviations from ethical standards—is not new or unique to any discipline. Although nurses have not been included in publicized cases of misconduct, nursing is not immune. Circumstances that may be related to misconduct such as pressures to publish and to earn tenure, inadequate supervision of young scientists, limitations of the peer review system, and excessive numbers of publications by an individual are present or could develop within the profession. Careful socialization of young scientists, modifications in tenure and promotion guidelines, and replication studies are suggested as ways to prevent misconduct within nursing.