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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 Women Services-L/D.
Hey, for our last class/big writing project, I think some have mentioned that a couple of the other classes can be helpful towards it. I know one was into to research; was trends the other one?

Rob is correct - Research is the class that can help for the Capstone class. I on the other hand was a doofus and did not have a PICO that I could use so had to start from scratch. I did have my articles chosen before the class started so that helped tremendously.

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

Yeah and the entire paper isn't suppose to be more than 5000 words or something like that? Totally unrealistic, IMO.

How is it going?

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.

So there was a big uproar in the Questions to the Instructor forum today in my capstone class. Someone asked if they could use work from each weekly module when putting together the final project. I am thinking to myself Duh, each week builds the finished project”. Then the instructor states that using our previous work for the final project is considered plagiarism. Make sure everything is cited correctly for the final project. I am sitting here think now SAAAAYYYYY what?”

Everyone is up in arms and no clarification from the instructor as of yet. I am really nervous now. I can't tell if I am nervous about the recent developments or the instructors poor word usage and spelling in her response. Anyone else come across this? I will keep everyone informed.

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

Wth?? That's how we have all done the final!

You aren't suppose to use ANY of the papers?

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.
Wth?? That's how we have all done the final!

You aren't suppose to use ANY of the papers?

She responded this morning to a question that asked this and of course the response is equally as vague. She said that as we progress we will see that we can't simply cut and paste.

Of course there will be editing needed so that all modules will flow together. I now have an facilitator that I would not suggest for the capstone. Got my first assignments back with no feedback. Not even the graded assignments attached.

Just 3 more weeks......

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

I'm sorry rob. This isn't the time for an idiot.

Maybe she means you can't literally put them together and have to blend.

I think once you chop and blend you'll be ok?

I doubt she'd notice the difference.

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.

This morning the instructor provided more information. She also stated that when we get to the point of putting everything together it will be clearer to us. First she stated that we cannot use our previous work without properly citing it in the final project. What? So my reference list will have my prior assignment and each paragraph will include (Rob4546, 2016)? Second she states that much of our previous work will have to be paraphrased to prevent high TII scores. Well considering that most of the class has had TII scores of 30-40% for the literature review and mine was 9% I don't think I will have a problem.

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Specializes in school nursing; pediatrics.

Sorry for your pain. I have to finish patho and then have one more class until the dreaded capstone! Even though I have yet to experience capstone what this instructor is saying seems to contradict what everyone else on here has said - that you use your work from the beginning of the capstone class. Capstone is certainly not the time for any extra stress.

Now don't call the plagiarism police on me but with regards to "plagiarizing" yourself, I will admit that I have done it (and I can't believe that most other people don't do it as well). If I think I wrote something of value in a previous class (paper or DQ), I use it! I usually tweak it a bit and if it is anything that I cited in previous paper, I carry over the direct quote and reference. I have never had an issue with it coming up on Turnitin. Maybe GCU would do better with catching the students that flat out cut and paste and don't cite anything! Or catching and booting out the CLC assignment slackers! LOL

Does anyone think GCU made a New Year's resolution to actually pay attention to all our end of class evaluations and to try to cut down on plagiarism? Maybe this is why this instructor is saying what she is saying? For my current class/patho, we had to complete and turn in a plagiarism quiz by the end of the first week.

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
This morning the instructor provided more information. She also stated that when we get to the point of putting everything together it will be clearer to us. First she stated that we cannot use our previous work without properly citing it in the final project. What? So my reference list will have my prior assignment and each paragraph will include (Rob4546, 2016)? Second she states that much of our previous work will have to be paraphrased to prevent high TII scores. Well considering that most of the class has had TII scores of 30-40% for the literature review and mine was 9% I don't think I will have a problem.

Haha, my tii was less than 10%.

Reference yourself? That's too funny, in a crazy way.

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Specializes in school nursing; pediatrics.

I know it was previously asked, but did anyone every find the link to an example of a capstone paper?

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.
I know it was previously asked, but did anyone every find the link to an example of a capstone paper?

No I didn't. I did however figure out what is needed and the format used for the capstone. They do provide you with a sample paper in the class resources. It isn't very good but it was good enough to determine the final project.

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.

Does anyone think GCU made a New Year's resolution to actually pay attention to all our end of class evaluations and to try to cut down on plagiarism? Maybe this is why this instructor is saying what she is saying? For my current class/patho, we had to complete and turn in a plagiarism quiz by the end of the first week.

I will make it in the end. I actually believe that they do not read the end of class evaluations and haven't completed the last 3. I do not think that they are trying to cut the plagiarism in the slightest. There have been posts in this class that is information from the class lecture notes and nothing has been said in the forum. Maybe they don't receive full credit but even if they only received half credit it wouldn't mean much.

I actually believe that there is a certain amount of misunderstanding that has prompted this last exchange between the class and the facilitator. It doesn't help that the facilitator has been overrun by a large amount of questions in the forum. Many questions are eerily similar which could provide frustration due to the inability to read the question asked before them. Nevertheless the facilitator should be engaging and reasonable, both of which I believe she has not been competent with to this point. Three more weeks and I am done.....

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