Involvement of nursing students in unethical classroom and clinical behaviors.

A study was conducted to determine the incidence of unethical classroom and clinical behaviors among nursing students, to find out their opinions about the unethical nature of these behaviors, and to investigate the relationships among demographic data, unethical classroom behaviors, unethical clinical behaviors, and opinions about the behaviors. A questionnaire listing 11 unethical classroom and 11 unethical clinical behaviors was completed by 101 senior nursing students. Findings indicated a lower incidence of unethical classroom behaviors and a higher percentage of students who thought these behaviors unethical than had been reported in comparable previous studies. Total unethical classroom behaviors were significantly higher for female than for male students. The opinion that a behavior was unethical was significantly related to the incidence of six items on the scale. Total unethical classroom behaviors were significantly positively related to total unethical clinical behaviors ( p