UTA NURS 3425 Health Assessment to start 1-14-2013

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This thread is for anyone taking Holistic health assessment on-line at UTA starting Jan 14th 2013. Hopefully we can get a good thread going in order to provide support for each other as we go. The more students who participate, the better it will be for everyone.

Totally with you! My AC has made my experience even more horrible. I actually emailed her questions on why and I seriously got back "It was right I just didn't like your words, other students stated it better. Ill go back and give you credit." Really?!?! FML im so ready for it to be over!!

Do we have the same AC!?? Cuz mine does the same, and then goes back and doesn't give me credit. Do u really think these ppl read our working fully?? No way dude! They just check for common errors and call it a day.

Gosh, maybe we should just get used to the idea of being a puppet until we graduate, cuz god forbid I have the same AC again.

Those God relationship questions made no sense at all!!!

OK, since I am tired of talking about assessment and will do anything to take a break from this weeks final paper, I need to ask a question about prereqs.

The only prereqs I need are History I, a literature class and Texas Gov't. Any suggestions about taking two of those together or combining with a nursing class. Any of those I should take by themselves. I heard the Hist classes were pretty tough.

Now back to my final paper. Guess I will leave the quiz for later this week.

Thanks and hope everyone has a good week. Almost over!

Im doing American Lit and this class together. No so bad, I'm actually enjoying the class: 2132 American Literature

Did anyone get their grades back is am. Im working on my final paper, but kind of hard to do without the grading from week 4??

Im doing American Lit and this class together. No so bad, I'm actually enjoying the class: 2132 American Literature

Did anyone get their grades back is am. Im working on my final paper, but kind of hard to do without the grading from week 4??

I'm taking American Lit right now too. I think it's way too much work for an English class. But then again Im not a big fan of English, and I suck at writing becuz my brain has warped into writing nurses notes all day.

Do we have the same AC!?? Cuz mine does the same, and then goes back and doesn't give me credit. Do u really think these ppl read our working fully?? No way dude! They just check for common errors and call it a day.

Gosh, maybe we should just get used to the idea of being a puppet until we graduate, cuz god forbid I have the same AC again.

Those God relationship questions made no sense at all!!!

chicagoRNlove,

completely agree w/u on everything you posted. i see absolutely no point in copying and pasting the exact words into one giant useless paper. this is not learning. i think they cooked this up in order to have something for a final assignment.

my AC took points off on week 2 sub assignment for not listing the condition of teeth and providing a tooth count! On the subjective portion!!!???? No, i did not ask my client how many teeth he has, bec, #1, it was not listed in the lab manual, and #2, if i had, i'm pretty sure, he would say he doesn't know. i did, however, comment on teeth in the objective portion, under inspection. at the time (in week 2), i let it go, just chalking it up to AC ineptitude, but a few days ago i realized i needed some clarification on this for the paper, so i e:mailed Miss Good Luck and she agreed w/ me and gave me the points back. that's fine, but what the hell? apparently, she was reading my subjective assignment, but in her mind, she was reading the objective one????

then, in week 3, she pointed out that i did not use the word, "bilaterally" to describe nasal flaring!!!!??? Like, how do you have unilateral nasal flaring anyway. makes me think all they do is going thru and look for specific words, such as bilateral, 2+/3+, mm Hg, breaths per min, and so forth to do the grading. you could probably write this up in like, Russian, or something and as long as you had the right buzz words, you'd do ok.

Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.
The only prereqs I need are History I, a literature class and Texas Gov't. Any suggestions about taking two of those together or combining with a nursing class. Any of those I should take by themselves. I heard the Hist classes were pretty tough.

I've said this before, but I will keep warning people:

HIST 1311 (History 1) and HIST 1312 (History 2) are NOT specialized shortened courses just for RNs. They are FULL-LENGTH 16 week courses that are crammed into 8 weeks. I can't stress that enough: you're essentially taking a semester-long course in half the time.

HIST is very labor intensive and there is a LOT of reading, weekly DQs, four tests and four projects to do. With the way the course is set up, you will not allowed to be work ahead...and deadlines are strict so if you fall behind you may not be allowed to play catch-up. Also, this class is not an easy out for RNs, nor do the instructors care whether you are working or taking other classes at the same time--they expect that if you sign on for the class, you are aware of and responsible for the HIST workload.

It is possible to take HIST with a nursing or other class--I did with HIST 1311--however it was very tough to manage. I'll admit that HIST 1312 was far more enjoyable and manageable when taken alone.

I would avoid taking HIST with another class if possible. If you do take it with another class, make it one of the 5 week nursing classes. Don't even think of taking it with two other classes at the same time--you WILL drown.

Also, be sure to verify that you only need HIST 1311 (History 1, or the US to 1865), instead of needing both HIST 1311 and 1312.

Texas History is also another full-length class crammed into 8 weeks, and that's a busy class as well. Nowhere near as bad as either HIST though. I took that with other classes and didn't have a problem.

Hope this helps.

chicagoRNlove,

completely agree w/u on everything you posted. i see absolutely no point in copying and pasting the exact words into one giant useless paper. this is not learning. i think they cooked this up in order to have something for a final assignment.

my AC took points off on week 2 sub assignment for not listing the condition of teeth and providing a tooth count! On the subjective portion!!!???? No, i did not ask my client how many teeth he has, bec, #1, it was not listed in the lab manual, and #2, if i had, i'm pretty sure, he would say he doesn't know. i did, however, comment on teeth in the objective portion, under inspection. at the time (in week 2), i let it go, just chalking it up to AC ineptitude, but a few days ago i realized i needed some clarification on this for the paper, so i e:mailed Miss Good Luck and she agreed w/ me and gave me the points back. that's fine, but what the hell? apparently, she was reading my subjective assignment, but in her mind, she was reading the objective one????

then, in week 3, she pointed out that i did not use the word, "bilaterally" to describe nasal flaring!!!!??? Like, how do you have unilateral nasal flaring anyway. makes me think all they do is going thru and look for specific words, such as bilateral, 2+/3+, mm Hg, breaths per min, and so forth to do the grading. you could probably write this up in like, Russian, or something and as long as you had the right buzz words, you'd do ok.

AMEN!!!!! This class is just ridiculously unnecessary. We can all use refreshment assessment skills, but i don't think anyone is going to know how many teeth they have, and I dont think any nurse will ask someone how many teeth they have. Who the hell counts their teeth??!

LAST WEEK OF HELL!!! And this summary paper really sucks. I'm so wiped out.

Meriwhen,

Thanks so much for input on History classes. Unfortunately way back in 1981, during my first semester ever in college, I made a D in History I. At that time, I made a poor choice not to retake since technically at that time we could have one D. Being young and dumb, I didn't want to go through that class again and ended up graduating with a 3.2 but could have done better had I retaken that history class. NOW GUESS WHAT? I have to take that yucky History I again since I cannot transfer a D. Came back to bite me!!!!!!! Oh well. Think I will take your advice and take it by itself. I am in no particular hurry except I am ready to be done already with all this school. Maybe I will look at taking American Lit and Texas Govt with a nursing class each.

Thanks again for the input. Really helps!!!!! Oh, putting this final paper together is killing me. Not hard, just VERY time consuming.

Specializes in Med.Surg/ Psychiatry.

I agree with you all. This class is beyond insane. I am about to start the final paper and my heart is already beating so fast...I know it's probably 15 pages or more of all the mombo jombos. Gosh, I can't stand the genogram/ecomap crap. Who really cares? I spent 2 DAYS..yes 2 days to figure out how to build those and I almost broke down in tears and mind you I am computer savvy. Now, I can't help but think I have to deal with it one more time...Sighs. 5 more days. Just hanging on to dear life!!!

49 pages and counting.......

Sounds familiar. Then to add week 5 subjective. Ugggggggh!!! Sick of it!!!!!

Specializes in Med.Surg/ Psychiatry.

...Still on page 10. Oh well, let the copying and pasting continue :shy:

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