title: Patient Deception: Nursing Students' Beliefs and Attitudes.
abstract: This study examined nursing students' beliefs about indicators of deception and their attitudes toward patient deception. Fifty-eight participants from various nursing programs at a southwestern university completed a Detection of Deception Questionnaire and Attitudes Toward Patient Deception Scale. Findings indicated that nursing students have a number of inaccurate beliefs about deception and possess a number of negative attitudes toward patients who lie. Implications for nursing education are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Sociology, and Social Work, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas.
authors.forename: Drew A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D008192:Deception; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D015206:Southwestern United States; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult