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List three examples of plagiarism and discuss how plagiarizing as a student affects the integrity of a baccalaureate degree, the public perception of the nursing profession, and evidence-based practice. Describe two things you will do to ensure academic integrity in your work.

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Using somebody’s ideas, methods, and words without giving the appropriate credit to an already published study lead to plagiarism. Therefore, as plagiarism is despised, academic writers and authors are expected to indicate linked former work in a proper style, which restricts duplication of previously published work which is in possessions of scientific work.

Plagiarism can be paraphrasing without citing or exact copying. Word-for-word plagiarism is one example, where a material is taken directly from a source without proper acknowledgment or credit to the author (Smedley, Crawford & Cloete, 2015). Similarly, paraphrasing the authors work, even if the language is not the same,…

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