Gerontology....Who has or is taking this class soon???

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Who's taking it winter 2? Have you gotten your book? Are you buying or renting?

Also, if you have taken it, any advice? :D

Actually, I put the names of the producers in my citation, but the TA said the correct citation should have been like this (I forget the writer/producer names, so I'm making some up):

Smith, A.B. (writer) and Jones, A.B. (writer)...

I had put (writer/producer) in the parentheses because they were both. At any rate, my TA didn't mark off for the citation...I saw so may different versions of that citation. I even looked at the APA handbook and couldn't figure out anything definitive, so I did the best I could.

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Specializes in Correctional Nursing; MSN student.

I received NOT ONE comment on my paper. I did get comments in general however. I get the feeling she did just fly through it to get the grading done. Fine with me! Some TAs are so tough...I've had 'em. Others are more humane, lol!

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I ended up with a 99.44 on my paper (isn't the .44 hilarious?) I got dinged for not putting a "retrieved from" on one of my references....even though it's a journal article so I didn't think I needed to. Oh well, I'm so thoroughly done. I do kind of wish I had a little more feedback on the body of the paper (no comments at all from the TA), but I guess I shouldn't expect a pat on the back...LOL. I kept an A overall, so I'll take it and run.

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Still waiting...frustration!

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Only thing I got dinged for was - the TA didn't like my goals - asked are they measurable? Measurable enough for me .. LOL. Ended up with at 97.54 on the paper - not going to complain. Got a 100% on DB - and must have done my reference correctly.

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Has everyone gotten their grades for this course? I've only gotten my paper graded so far. I was curious how they graded the quiz and if they curved it like the last couple. So happy for this class to be over but I would like to just have my grades so I can mentally move on from this one...

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Specializes in nursing.
Has everyone gotten their grades for this course? I've only gotten my paper graded so far. I was curious how they graded the quiz and if they curved it like the last couple. So happy for this class to be over but I would like to just have my grades so I can mentally move on from this one...

My TA said the quizzes were curved and our grades sent to the school last night. Consider it over!

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Finally, all my grades are in. I placed a period before the parenthesis in my citation. My TA made a very nice comment, actually. Ended up with a 98% for my class grade!

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Specializes in Correctional Nursing; MSN student.

No quiz grade yet. EmJeanRN, you received yours?

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I'm jealous. No grades so far, not even for the DB posting. I'm fully expecting to get dinged for length and probably some other arcane APA thing plus a couple of points for some of the other focus areas. N'importe quoi, c'est fini.

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Yes...on the quiz I missed one question and was given a 95.5 %. So, a 5.5% curve.

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Specializes in Correctional Nursing; MSN student.

I wonder why they don't just revamp the quizzes? But I'll gladly take a curve any day!

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