Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

Howdy all, I bit the bullet and after much research, I decided on Grand Canyon! Wow, I did not expect BSN schools to be like used car salesmen--hounding me by emails and phone calls. Rather impressed on how Grand Canyon sort of left me alone, but at the same time kept in touch.

Commence my first class Sept 30th, excited, yet very nervous, as I'm not a big fan of school, LOL! I did extremely well on my Associate degree, graduated back in 2009 from Northern Virginia Community College. We shall see.

Would love to hear from past and present Grand Canyon RN to BSN students.

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

In the cookie aisle, lol.

[gikg]

How do I cite the lecture notes? I am writing a paper and the information used was from the lecture notes. I don't know how to properly cite/reference it.

[PrismRN]

How do I cite the lecture notes? I am writing a paper and the information used was from the lecture notes. I don't know how to properly cite/reference it.

Got this instructor announcement in my last class: (I think she had a typo on the year, though, all of the lecture notes I've read have the year 2011 at the very bottom) --

How to correctly cite/reference GCU lecture notes

When citing a GCU Lecture Note in your paper, use the title of the lecture and the copyright date for the in-text citation.

Example:- Citing a GCU Lecture Note: Citation would appear in text like this ("Lecture 1," 2013).The title in quotation marks is used instead of the author because lectures in GCU courses are not attributed to individual authors; in this case, the title moves into the first position in the in-text citation and is enclosed in quotation marks.

Reference for GCU Class Lecture Notes (Note: No URL is required for electronic resources within a GCU course.)

Reference Format:

Lecture title. (date). PREFIX-number: Title of Course. Phoenix, AZ: Grand Canyon University.

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As a side note, though, if something in that lecture note was a citation from someone else (as they often are), I'd reference that person rather than the lecture note (they have those references at the bottom). APA wants you to always use the primary source if you can.

[jsr210]

Hi everyone,

I am in week 1 of Professional Dynamics and already freaking out!! Have finished my DQ for week 1 and started on Week 2, trying to get a head start on our CLC and also get the paper finished by Wed of next week...eeek! Not looking forward to the next 12 months

[gikg]

So would it be:

Reference:

Ethical Decision Making. (2011). Lecture 3: Ethical Decision Making. Phoenix, AZ: Grand Canyon University.

in-text citation:

("Lecture 3," 2011)

The reference for the lecture note was: Uustal. D. B. (1993). Clinical ethics & values: Issues and insights. East Greenwich, RI: Educational Resources in Healthcare.

So you are saying I should use Usutal instead of "lecture 3"?

[PrismRN]

So would it be:

Reference:

Ethical Decision Making. (2011). Lecture 3: Ethical Decision Making. Phoenix, AZ: Grand Canyon University.

in-text citation:

("Lecture 3," 2011)

The reference for the lecture note was: Uustal. D. B. (1993). Clinical ethics & values: Issues and insights. East Greenwich, RI: Educational Resources in Healthcare.

So you are saying I should use Usutal instead of "lecture 3"?

Yes on the in-text citation.

For the reference, based on what my instructor said (yours may be different LOL), it would be:

Ethical Decision Making. (2011). NRS-437V: Ethical Decision Making in Healthcare. Phoenix, AZ: Grand Canyon University (and no period at the end)

I would only substitute Uustal if the lecture note cited him right there (the part you are wanting to put in your paper). For instance, if the lecture note says "Uustal (1993) proposed..." and you were going to write in your paper about what Uustal proposed, then I would cite Uustal. If you're just taking a general part of the lecture note that isn't attributed to anyone in particular, then I would cite the lecture note.

[PrismRN]

gikg -- Would you send your instructor a PM (Individual Forum Question) and ask him/her exactly how to properly APA reference GCU's Lecture Notes in papers? I'm interested to see what their answer is, because I've been typing (Grand Canyon University, 2011) since the beginning of the program and this (in class #9) is the first I've heard of this "correct way to do it". Point being, no one ever busted me in classes 1-8. It seems odd, in the example I put above, that the in-text citation would read ("Lecture 3," 2011), but that's NOT the first word of the actual Reference (reference doesn't start out as Lecture 3. (2011). blah blah.) I thought they needed to match. Now I'm really wanting to know if this is indeed the correct APA way, or if this is an instructor's interpretation. I don't want to tell you the above way is carved in stone and you do it, then get marked off on your paper.

Actually, let's ALL send our instructors PMs and ask, and compare the answers we get! Won't that be interesting!

[PrismRN]

OMGeeeeeeee I think I just figured it OUT. In the example the instructor gave our class (see previous posts) where she said ("Lecture 1," 2011), she meant to put the actual TITLE of the lecture in the quotes, not Lecture 1! Oy I totally took her example literally, and actually I did type it that way in my DQs for her class ("Lecture 3,", 2011) - but she never said anything?? So now what I think she meant would look like this, for yours:

Blah blah blah blah ("Ethical Decision Making," 2011) blah blah blah. Right?

Now this makes sense, because when you use titles in in-text citations, you have them in quotes, and if you do it that way, then the in-text citation and the reference WILL match up! Man that hurt my head. I'm still interested in other instructors' responses, though.

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

Hi everyone,

I am in week 1 of Professional Dynamics and already freaking out!! Have finished my DQ for week 1 and started on Week 2, trying to get a head start on our CLC and also get the paper finished by Wed of next week...eeek! Not looking forward to the next 12 months

Welcome aboard!

Someone here can point you to the other GCU thread we have that is very active. There are some great tips on how to survive the next year, lol. Don't fret too much the first classes are very busy and it takes a while to get a routine. If you have any questions feel free to PM. Many of us, as are more than happy to help.

I graduated in May and I am very happy to be done and very proud of my accomplishment. You will be too! :-)

[gikg]

OMGeeeeeeee I think I just figured it OUT. In the example the instructor gave our class (see previous posts) where she said ("Lecture 1," 2011), she meant to put the actual TITLE of the lecture in the quotes, not Lecture 1! Oy I totally took her example literally, and actually I did type it that way in my DQs for her class ("Lecture 3,", 2011) - but she never said anything?? So now what I think she meant would look like this, for yours:

Blah blah blah blah ("Ethical Decision Making," 2011) blah blah blah. Right?

Now this makes sense, because when you use titles in in-text citations, you have them in quotes, and if you do it that way, then the in-text citation and the reference WILL match up! Man that hurt my head. I'm still interested in other instructors' responses, though.

Hmm. I think I will ask my teacher as she seems to do it differently anyways. I let you all know when she replies.

[Winterwhite28]

OMGeeeeeeee I think I just figured it OUT. In the example the instructor gave our class (see previous posts) where she said ("Lecture 1," 2011), she meant to put the actual TITLE of the lecture in the quotes, not Lecture 1! Oy I totally took her example literally, and actually I did type it that way in my DQs for her class ("Lecture 3,", 2011) - but she never said anything?? So now what I think she meant would look like this, for yours:

Blah blah blah blah ("Ethical Decision Making," 2011) blah blah blah. Right?

Now this makes sense, because when you use titles in in-text citations, you have them in quotes, and if you do it that way, then the in-text citation and the reference WILL match up! Man that hurt my head. I'm still interested in other instructors' responses, though.

I want to know too not in class for another week.

[feliciarn22]

PrismRN: I am in class 5 and I have referenced the schools lecture notes the same exact way you have and not have been told YET to do it a different way. We SHALL see with classes to come!