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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 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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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.

Half way through the week 3 assignment and my articles are beginning to blur together. I need some sleep.

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Specializes in Women Services-L/D.
Half way through the week 3 assignment and my articles are beginning to blur together. I need some sleep.

They started blurring during lit reviews. I have wasted more time in trying to find a specific article as I know I read that information in ONE of my articles, somewhere!

Do NOT get me started on plagiarism! Last week in the DQ's had a student literally take my answer and use it. She took out 2 sentences and added an additional paragraph. I notified the instructor who did take it seriously. I understand her point in that having so many students answering the same question answers will be alike, but there is specific wording that I used that I know this student would not have come up with on her own from reading her previous answers and responses. This week she literally cut/paste from an article for the first 2 sentences of her DQ answer with no citation or quotes. Told Mr I just have to stop reading her stuff as it just torks me off.

Can't wait for week 3 to end..... onward......

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
They started blurring during lit reviews. I have wasted more time in trying to find a specific article as I know I read that information in ONE of my articles, somewhere!

Do NOT get me started on plagiarism! Last week in the DQ's had a student literally take my answer and use it. She took out 2 sentences and added an additional paragraph. I notified the instructor who did take it seriously. I understand her point in that having so many students answering the same question answers will be alike, but there is specific wording that I used that I know this student would not have come up with on her own from reading her previous answers and responses. This week she literally cut/paste from an article for the first 2 sentences of her DQ answer with no citation or quotes. Told Mr I just have to stop reading her stuff as it just torks me off.

Can't wait for week 3 to end..... onward......

What did they do to her if they took it seriously?

Rob, I hope you got some sleep!

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Specializes in school nursing; pediatrics.
What did they do to her if they took it seriously?

Rob, I hope you got some sleep!

They punished the student and are making her take an extra GCU course that has weekly CLC projects due!! LOL

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Specializes in Women Services-L/D.
What did they do to her if they took it seriously?

The prof did state it is difficult when 20 some odd students are all answering the same question, but she would watch her answers and responses. I hope she does since this week she literally cut/paste from an articles with NO citation, much less the citation that was within the sentences she blatantly plagiarized.

I'm kind of over it at this point - to much on my plate deal with it. Not only do I have capstone that I am working hard to complete, but am working on an application for a Masters program and getting ready to move from Australia back to the US the week after class ends. No idea where Mr's next assignment is, but looking like it is in Europe and we will be heading there before our stuff gets back to the US, so packing a separate box or two for the movers so I know what I want to ship over there eventually.

Karma will work for the person who plagiarizes.....

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