Article Writing and Plagiarism in Nursing Field - An Idea of Someone Else!

Abstract

Nursing expert publishes various research or review articles in different journals so as to let other nurses get a view of what all is happening in different nursing fields. Many people would like to learn good things from others. However, sometimes, other’s knowledge, ideas, thoughts, images, etc. are taken without their acknowledgement, which is known as plagiarism. Plagiarism is otherwise also called as theft or steal. The important purpose of checking plagiarism is to value others’ knowledge, standardize the writing skill and increase critical thinking in writing.
The types of plagiarism are sources not cited and sources cited. The main classifications are intentional and unintentional. Although the guidelines of the plagiarism to be followed where the researchers are writing any articles or referring any sources, the citation, acknowledgement and references are important points to be practiced when writing any research content or article. Copyright law must be always remembered to avoid illegal writing of articles and research. “PQRS’’ strategies are also very helpful in writing an article and referring any resources. Since nursing researchers are viewing other’s resources to write a paper, they should keep these guidelines in mind before presenting or submitting any paper. Remember, whether it is intentional or not, plagiarism is wrong and should be avoided.


Keywords: articles, content and knowledge, ideas, thought, nursing