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Nov 05, 2009 07:58 AM

Question for my Chamberlain RN-BSN peeps ...

by LunahRN Staff

So far I've only been taking one course at a time towards my BSN, but I'm thinking that I need to double up on something in the next couple of sessions -- I want to finish before July 2010. I'm looking at doing a forensic nursing certificate through a local university (http://chhs.gmu.edu/nursing/grad-cert-forensic), and they're taking applications now for a Fall 2010 cohort that starts the last week of August. At my current speed, I'll be finishing my BSN at that exact same time. The only problem is that for the forensic program, you either have to have a BSN, or be an RN with an ADN and a BS in another area, so I'd like to finish my BSN with a little bit of a cushion! I'm not even sure if they'll let me apply for that session without already having finished, but I'll call them to ask about that.

The point of my long-winded blah-blah is that I'm looking for recommendations on which two courses I should take together, bearing in mind that I work three 12's a week and am a volunteer paramedic another day each week, and I'm looking to not totally drown myself with school work. I'm in week two of Community Health Nursing, but I have the following classes remaining:

NR446 -- Collaborative Healthcare
NR448 -- Information Systems for Healthcare
NR449 -- Evidence-Based Practice
NR450 -- Capstone

For those of you who have taken any of those, any thoughts on which two would go together with the least amount of pain? I've heard that Collaborative Healthcare is a "lighter" course, assignment-wise. Any input is appreciated! Thanks.


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from LunahRN
Old Nov 05, 2009, 08:59 AM

Default Re: Question for my Chamberlain RN-BSN peeps ...
I think I've answered my own question. LOL! By process of elimination, the only two I can take together are Collaborative Healthcare and Information Systems for Healthcare, because the capstone requires that you be done with all the nursing courses, and Evidence-Based Practice lists Information Systems for Healthcare as a pre-req. So it looks like I'll be taking Collaborative Healthcare and Information Systems for Healthcare together next session ... ugh. At least it'll be cold out and I'll want to be holed up inside on my computer! Ha ha.
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Old Nov 05, 2009, 10:58 PM

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I did information systems last semester and it isn't so bad. It is research/EBP based and you spend most of your time searching Medline, CINAHL and google scholar. There are three papers, two of them are 1-2 pages only, technical writing on your searches and the last one is a literature search 7-8 pages but you search for and talk about 6+ articles so that eats up lots of pages in the paper. If you get into it and need any help let me know, I will have finished collaborative and evidenced based nursing by that time so I should know what they entail too.

Sue, RN
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from NurseN2000
Old Nov 08, 2009, 09:55 PM

Default Re: Question for my Chamberlain RN-BSN peeps ...
Good luck Lunah, I've just gotten started, and am loving taking 1 course per session... but I may get anxious to get it done at some point, and start doubling up also. I work 530am to 2-3pm 5 days a week, so one class is really plenty for now. Let us know how your combinations pair up!
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from LunahRN
Old Nov 09, 2009, 08:45 AM

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Thanks, peeps. I'll keep you posted!
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