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Is there any updated information? I have been in heavy contact with them and am looking at taking their RN-BSN program. I work with a GCU grad and she has nothing but positive things to say, but I want more opinions. ?

Any pro's and cons? Thankfully the only class I'm missing is stats and that is offered in the actual BSN program. I'm a bit nervous as my algebra skills are way old. If anyone took this class, do you have any advice?

Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.
I haven't posted much but wanted to come on to say. . . FINISHED!!! I turned my capstone in on 11/22. Honestly that was the easiest class I took! Every paper was turned in early and I was relaxed throughout as opposed to the teeth gnashing I usually went through. It helped that there was no @%#!*^& CLC. Relax and enjoy the ride, rob3536. It is almost over!

Congratulations momtofore!!!! I see the BSN behind your name!!! Very cool!!!

I can't wait to start. I have heard that this class was a killer but I recently talked with a nurse from Med/Surg that recently finished and she stated that it wasn't a big deal. Either way I got my work schedule covered and will have plenty of time to get stuff done. Even if it doesn't take me that long I will still take the days so that I can enjoy the holidays before I have to start taking call regularly.

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Specializes in school nursing; pediatrics.

Rob4546,

Look at it this way - if everyone else has completed Capstone, you can too! Just keep telling yourself "only 5 weeks and then DONE!!!

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The Capstone is more work than a normal class......but if you pick a topic ur interested in.....along with no CLC, it can be a more enjoyable class......

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
I haven't posted much but wanted to come on to say. . . FINISHED!!! I turned my capstone in on 11/22. Honestly that was the easiest class I took! Every paper was turned in early and I was relaxed throughout as opposed to the teeth gnashing I usually went through. It helped that there was no @%#!*^& CLC. Relax and enjoy the ride, rob3536. It is almost over!

YAY! CONGRATS!

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.
Rob4546,

Look at it this way - if everyone else has completed Capstone, you can too! Just keep telling yourself "only 5 weeks and then DONE!!!

I am not worried per se, just plan for the worst and expect to be prepared. I figured if I take the 2 days off each week but don't need them then I could always call my supervisor and be working back into the daily schedule.

Funny thing is I am looking a little toward the capstone. Knowing that it is the end and it is on a subject that I am interested in, makes me a little excited. I am just tired and stress because I have been in school almost 5 years straight. I miss having free time and there are plenty of things I need to get done around the house. Funny thing is I saw today a streaming channel that streams only science documentaries for 2.99 a month. I found my educational outlet after I finish at GCU!!! I am a sucker for science documentaries (and history documentaries).

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
I am not worried per se, just plan for the worst and expect to be prepared. I figured if I take the 2 days off each week but don't need them then I could always call my supervisor and be working back into the daily schedule.

Funny thing is I am looking a little toward the capstone. Knowing that it is the end and it is on a subject that I am interested in, makes me a little excited. I am just tired and stress because I have been in school almost 5 years straight. I miss having free time and there are plenty of things I need to get done around the house. Funny thing is I saw today a streaming channel that streams only science documentaries for 2.99 a month. I found my educational outlet after I finish at GCU!!! I am a sucker for science documentaries (and history documentaries).

Reward yourself!

I took one day a week of for those five weeks. I wouldn't have needed it, but it came in handy to have some time off. I was actually done on Monday in week 5. I enjoyed writing my paper because I liked the topic. I also went into overdrive with the addendums, so I did make a bit more difficult.

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Specializes in Med surg/ tele, LDRP.

Hey guys! Finishing up this horrible Healthcare regulations class. Another CLC disaster but one more week! Next week I start intro to research. Anyone got the DL on this clas? Really nervous for this as I haven't taken stats in years and heard you need it. Also topics for research to get me started would be nice!

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Specializes in school nursing; pediatrics.
Hey guys! Finishing up this horrible Healthcare regulations class. Another CLC disaster but one more week! Next week I start intro to research. Anyone got the DL on this clas? Really nervous for this as I haven't taken stats in years and heard you need it. Also topics for research to get me started would be nice!

Don't even worry about it! I graduated college in 1986 and took stats some time during one of the years between 1982 and 1986. Actually, I was shocked that GCU even accepted my stats class since it was so old. I, too, was worried before the class began and I had absolutely no problem. You really don't do any numbers stuff in this class - other than reading/reviewing results from your chosen articles. You can easily skim through the results because there is no need to be overly critical of results when you write your papers. As long as you can get the gist of the studies you are reviewing, you will be fine! Plus, just go to the conclusion section of the article where most of the authors do a pretty good job of summarizing the numbers/results.

I found this class to be one of the more enjoyable ones. Maybe because I felt like I actually learned something?!! It really was not a difficult class...

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Specializes in Med surg/ tele, LDRP.

Awesome thanks! We're there CLC assignments?

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Specializes in school nursing; pediatrics.

There was one CLC project, which was a PowerPoint. The group had to identify a nursing problem and then come up with a PICOT statement. The group had to come up with a total of six research articles (a mix of quantitative, qualitative, and systemic review) that were related to your topic, review/appraise those articles, come up with some kind of conclusion about the articles, and then you had to come up with implications on nursing practice.

It was not a hard CLC - just the usual nonsense of having to deal with slackers.

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Specializes in Med surg/ tele, LDRP.

Okay not too bad. I'll have to freshen up on what picot is I'm pretty sure I had 10 minutes of education on this in my ADN program lol. Any good topics to think about?

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.
Okay not too bad. I'll have to freshen up on what picot is I'm pretty sure I had 10 minutes of education on this in my ADN program lol. Any good topics to think about?

Intro to nursing research was a fun class. I had a very good instructor though which made it enjoyable and productive. In this class it would be best to determine the topic of your capstone project and further develop and refine the information. If you take lead in the CLC project you can steer the group into using the topic you come up with. This saves much time because you will have already gathered the research articles you will need. Bingo-bango, done. Not only that but others in the group might find other articles that you can use later.

I have been told to find your topic and 12-15 research articles you will use later in the capstone. This will take much of the burden off when you get to the end.

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