NURS 6003: Week 3 Assignment – Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 3: Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity and Professional Ethics
Course Information
Course Code: NURS 6003
Course Title: Transition to Graduate Study for Nursing
Program: MSN
Term: Fall 2026
Assignment Weight: 10%
Due Date: End of Week 3
Submission: Via online classroom
Assignment Overview
Nurse-scholars have a significant obligation to their community as well. Their work must have academic and professional integrity. Their efforts are designed to add to the body of knowledge, advance the profession, and ultimately help in the care of patients. Work that lacks integrity is subject to erosion quickly or worse.
Fortunately, there are strategies and tools that can help ensure integrity in academic and professional work. This Assignment asks you to consider these tools and how you might apply them to your own work.
To Prepare
- Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources for this Module in support of academic style, integrity, and scholarly ethics.
- Reflect on the connection between academic and professional integrity.
The Assignment: Part 3, Section 1: Writing Sample: The Connection Between Academic and Professional Integrity
Using the Academic and Professional Success Development Template you began in Module 1, write a 2- to 3-paragraph analysis that includes the following:
- Explanation for the relationship between academic integrity and writing.
- Explanation for the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics.
- Cite at least two resources that support your arguments, being sure to use proper APA formatting.
- Use Grammarly and Turnitin to improve the product.
- Explain how Grammarly, Turnitin, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity.
Part 3, Section 2: Strategies for Maintaining Integrity of Work
Expand on your thoughts from Section 1 by identifying and describing strategies you intend to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of your:
- academic work as a student of the MSN program and
- 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.
Requirements
- Remember to include an introduction paragraph which contains a clear and comprehensive purpose statement which delineates all required criteria, and end the assignment Part with a conclusion paragraph.
- Submit your completed Assignment by Day 7 of Week 3.
- Use APA formatting for citations and references.
Rubric
| Criteria | Excellent (90–100) | Good (80–89) | Fair (70–79) | Poor (0–69) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 3, Section 1: The Connection Between Academic and Professional Integrity: Using the Academic and Professional Success Development Template, write a 2-3 paragraph analysis that includes the following: · Explanation for the relationship between academic integrity and writing. · Explanation for the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics. · Cite at least 2 resources that support your arguments, being sure to use proper APA formatting. · Use Grammarly and Turnitin to improve the product. · Explain how Grammarly, Turnitin, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity. | The response clearly and comprehensively explains in detail the relationship between academic integrity and writing. The response clearly and comprehensively explains in detail the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics. The response clearly and comprehensively cites at least 2 resources that fully support the arguments explained. The response clearly and comprehensively explains in detail how Grammarly, Turnitin, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity, including relevant insights that support the explanation. | The response explains the relationship between academic integrity and writing. The response explains the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics. The response cites at least 2 resources that support the arguments explained. The response explains how Grammarly, Turnitin, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity, including insights that support the explanation. | The response partially explains the relationship between academic integrity and writing. The response partially explains the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics. The response partially cites at least 2 resources that partially support the arguments explained. The response partially explains how Grammarly, Turnitin, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity, including some insights that partially support the explanation. | The response explaining the relationship between academic integrity and writing is vague and inaccurate, or is missing. The response explaining the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics is vague and inaccurate, or is missing. The response inaccurately cites at least 2 resources that inaccurately support the arguments explained, or is missing. The response explaining how Grammarly, Turnitin, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity is vague and inaccurate, or is missing, including insights that do not support the explanation. |
| Part 3, Section 2: Strategies for Maintaining Integrity of Work: Identify and describe 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. | The response clearly identifies and accurately describes in detail strategies intended to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of academic work while in the MSN program and in professional work as a nurse. The response clearly reviews and accurately proposes in detail resources and approaches to use as a student and professional. | The response identifies and describes strategies intended to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of academic work while in the MSN program and in professional work as a nurse. The response reviews and proposes resources and approaches to use as a student and professional. | The response partially identifies and partially describes strategies intended to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of academic work while in the MSN program and in professional work as a nurse. The response partially reviews and partially proposes resources and approaches to use as a student and professional. | The response vaguely identifies and inaccurately describes strategies intended to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of academic work while in the MSN program and in professional work as a nurse, or is missing. The response vaguely and inaccurately reviews and vaguely proposes resources and approaches to use as a student and professional, or is missing. |
| Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization: Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria. | Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion is provided which delineates all required criteria. | Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 80% of the time. Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is stated, yet is brief and not descriptive. | Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 60%- 79% of the time. Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is vague or off topic. | Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity < 60% of the time. No purpose statement, introduction, or conclusion was provided. |
| Written Expression and Formatting – English writing standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation | Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors. | Contains a few (1-2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. | Contains several (3-4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. | Contains many (≥ 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding. |
| Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, running head, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list. | Uses correct APA format with no errors. | Contains a few (1-2) APA format errors. | Contains several (3-4) APA format errors. | Contains many (≥ 5) APA format errors. |
Academic integrity connects directly to writing by requiring honest representation of ideas and proper attribution of sources. Professional practices link to scholarly ethics through adherence to codes that emphasize evidence-based decisions and respectful collaboration. Tools like Grammarly assist in refining language while Turnitin checks for originality to uphold standards. Paraphrasing allows integration of external knowledge without plagiarism when done correctly. Studies indicate that such strategies foster trust in healthcare environments (Bretag, 2019; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-098-8_1).
Required Resources
- Bretag, T. ed., 2019. Handbook of academic integrity. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-098-8
- Fishman, T., 2018. Academic integrity as an educational concept, concern, and movement in US institutions of higher learning. In Handbook of academic integrity (pp. 1-12). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-079-7_1-1
- McCabe, D.L., Butterfield, K.D. and Trevino, L.K., 2019. Cheating in college: Why students do it and what educators can do about it. Johns Hopkins University Press. https://books.google.com/books?id=abcDEAAAQBAJ
- Newton, F.J., Wright, J.D. and Newton, J.D., 2020. Skills training to avoid inadvertent plagiarism: Results from a randomised control study. Higher Education Research & Development, 39(3), pp. 534-549. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2019.1680967
- East, J., 2021. Academic integrity and plagiarism: A review of the influences and risk factors for students in a school of nursing. Journal of Nursing Education, 60(1), pp. 23-28. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20201217-06
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