Grand Canyon RN-BSN

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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?

Bleh, I just heard back from UTA and they want me to take 18 classes!!! GCU wants me to take 11 and I think I could get it done way faster.

I haven't passed the NCLEX yet. I think I'm going to take it Jan 23rd or very early Feb. Do you think I can start GCU before I know if I pass or not?

No. From what i was told you have to have a valid RN license.

Im in the same boat as you are except i dont have my ATT yet to even schedule my test.....ugh. hopefully i will have it in the next couple of weeks.

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Pretty sure you have to have your license---as until you pass the NCLEX, you are not a "Registered" nurse

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I will be starting at GCU January 20th. I will be taking the 12 core classes. I'm excited to begin! Hoping to stay in touch with some of you guys for support and encouragement! :)

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

Good luck jmira! Let us know how it goes for you. Your time will go quickly. I can't believe I'm almost done. I start my 10th class in another week. :)

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I'm almost done my 3rd class and the time does seem to go by fairly fast!! If you know how to use MS office and Power point that will help lessen the stress. Highly recommend Perrla.com for APA format--just keep in mind Perrla is NOT perfect, it has a few quirks to it, but I love it. It sets everything up nicely including the reference page, so a huge time saver...and it keeps a data base of all the Refs you have used. I started up a Facebook page and that has helped! We vent and help each other out. Best of luck

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I have a FB page as well, and it has been so helpful!

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

You guys have a GCU FB page? That's a good idea. I should have done that too, it would have been fun to follow some of the same people through their journey and compare different instructors. Oh well, too late for me!

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Yeah. We found, a few years ago, that is was nice to have a school FB group! I set one up for my ADN class, and it was always helpful! It's also nice to commiserate with people in your class :p

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Hi Tonkin, would you be kindly PM to me about Professional Dynamics classes? How the classes is running online? Thank you in advance!

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I'm not Tonkin, but it was the 1st class I took at GCU! Found it to be a fairly easy class. Followed the same layout as many of the others. 2 discussion questions each week, first 1 due Wednesday, 2nd 1 due Friday!. 1 group project, and 3 papers----probably the easiest class of the course

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
I'm not Tonkin, but it was the 1st class I took at GCU! Found it to be a fairly easy class. Followed the same layout as many of the others. 2 discussion questions each week, first 1 due Wednesday, 2nd 1 due Friday!. 1 group project, and 3 papers----probably the easiest class of the course

I'm not Tonkin either, but I do want to say it IS the easiest class, lol. Most classes have a group project and this is a great way to learn how to do these projects with people that live nowhere around you, lol. So far the only classes that do not have group projects are stats, research, trends and spirituality.

Trends is looking to be fairly straightforward of a paper a week, and nothing overly exciting. Keep the IOM info you have with you, because you will lightly revisit it in Trends.

Just an FYI on how much stuff changes. A friend who is in Community Health has two interviews she has to do with real people. The person interviewed has to sign a paper, complete with phone number that says they have been interviewed. It is a pretty hefty assignment and worse than mine was because of chasing down people.

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Good times with group projects,lol I have lucked out abd my groups have been fairly decent. In my current class we had 1 guy be a no-show, But I knew that was going to be the case as he was in the class prior to me--and thanks to the Facebook page, a fellow class vented about him! My advice with group projects is get the ball rolling ASAP!! You have your group forum to post that only people in ur group can see--as well you can find their school email addy under the Roster tab, but I have found, very few actually check their school email addy. For each group project one has to fill out a "contract" stating who is doing what. It is in your best interest to make it as specific as possible!! And what the consequences will be if that person does not do thier part! 1 would think at this level people would care, but that is not always the case! But for the most part people do care, but it only takes 1 in ur group to ruin ur day or presentation!!

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