RN-BSN Program at OU

MissyNik · May 22, 2015

Im looking to enroll and the program sounds really interesting. I just dont want to turn it into another 2 year program thats all.

Going2bRN, ASN, BSN · Sep 30, 2023

Here is my advice:
1. Buy Perrla for APA formatting made VERY easy. Use the online version. It is super easy and it saves all your references so you can reuse them.
2. Directions are often vague. Always pull up the rubric to see what you need to do to get full points for an assignment. There were times that the rubric saved me from missing points for something stupid, like a specific title the instructor wanted.
3. I always do two classes at once. I make a sheet with all the assignments for the 5 weeks with both classes on ONE sheet. That way I can see ALL the assignments and due dates for both classes on one sheet. I then have a little box with M T W Th F S S and I circle what day I want to do every assignment. I spread it out through the week taking into consideration how busy I was.
4. If you have a discussion board, you will likely always have to respond to two peers. You cannot do them on the same day. So I usually do the discussion board really early in the week and the responses the very next day. The first post ALWAYS requires you cite the main text from the class and one other source. The response posts only require 1 reference and it can be from anywhere.
5. When looking for references, my NO FAIL method is to type into Google "ncbi" followed by the topic I want to search. It always gives me useable reference material. So if I wanted to find something on health disparities I would type in "ncbi health disparities".
6. I don't know why, but the classes taken during Summer session were much easier.