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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?

Specializes in Cath Lab, Case Management.
I'm in my last week of Leadership and first week of Trends. Leadership hasn't been bad at all. I know you'll be a rock star.

I think it is that work presentation thingamajig. :eek: Of course I have not dissected it yet, but it sounds icky. Lol. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Can't wait for us to take Patho together. :)

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Specializes in Cath Lab, Case Management.
Okay I am just not comprehending the rubric for the CLC in Community Health and I am begging for any help I can get from you smart nurses! My part is to describe the boundaries, distinguishing environmental boundaries, environmental relationships, and external systems that comprise the open, community system. I have read and reread the book and it is not sinking in. Could someone put this in English for me Please?? It would be much appreciated!

I am on my mini, when I get to my computer I will PM you. As it is I am hen pecking! :cat:

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.
Okay I am just not comprehending the rubric for the CLC in Community Health and I am begging for any help I can get from you smart nurses! My part is to describe the boundaries, distinguishing environmental boundaries, environmental relationships, and external systems that comprise the open, community system. I have read and reread the book and it is not sinking in. Could someone put this in English for me Please?? It would be much appreciated!

Is this the CLC project for the Community health class? Just wondering, this is my next class bit chose to take a couple weeks to myself.

Tokmon, I would love information if you could send it my way as well. Even though I am taking time off, I still think every night about class(s).

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.

Lol, yes some "professional" nurses do leave dressing changes and empty IV bags. Our unit is pretty good about at least hanging a new bag on the pole when there's about 150cc left, and passing along to the oncoming nurse that it will need to be spiked and scanned. Dressing changes, not so much since I've been in a hospital setting but in LTC...all the time.

I was kind of being sarcastic, unfortunately I see this. I picked up a patient from MED/SURG last week that had been left in urine all day (it was 1600). Patient stated having an accident around breakfast. No draw sheet, no chuck, just a puddle in the bed sheet. Had to write an incident report because in my opinion that just crossed many many lines. Don't have much respect for this particular nurse, she seems always behind and underwater.

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
I think it is that work presentation thingamajig. :eek: Of course I have not dissected it yet, but it sounds icky. Lol. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Can't wait for us to take Patho together. :)

What work presentation?

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
I was kind of being sarcastic, unfortunately I see this. I picked up a patient from MED/SURG last week that had been left in urine all day (it was 1600). Patient stated having an accident around breakfast. No draw sheet, no chuck, just a puddle in the bed sheet. Had to write an incident report because in my opinion that just crossed many many lines. Don't have much respect for this particular nurse, she seems always behind and underwater.

I write up the ED all the time for this crap. We had one ED transfer to our floor and the patients butt was already red from sitting in pee and poop. The ED nurse blamed it on us because the patient was in ED for three hours after being excepted by the hospitalists. Well, we had no beds, the idiot.

This was his excuse for not cleaning the patient. the patient was ours and not his.

Let's just say my fingers were blazing on the key board, lol.

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What changes? The type or actual class itself or have you even chosen them yet? It would totally suck to have to take two more classes or test out of them after the capstone. That, to me, was the end all.

Does not matter to me....I could email my adviser and change the order around, but don't foresee me doing that......

The 2 classes that I can test out of changed.....used to be some kind of drug awareness class and another.....now these 2 are something totally different. I have the emails from my original adviser..so hopefully they don't give me a hard time..and all of a sudden say I can't test out of them. I have heard a few people from GCU run into this issue...almost seems like a bait and hook thing...Not too concerned. If I was working with kids..different story, lol

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Specializes in Medical Oncology, Alzheimer/dementia.
I was kind of being sarcastic.

Oh, okay. I didn't detect a sarcastic tone, but was thinking how fortunate you must be to not work with any nurses so tacky to leave crap for the next shift.

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Thats like the perfect hospital..the one NCLEX is always referring to,lol My last (and only) hospital was pretty good. ER was ok for cleaning up the pt....and they were great at looking after their people, as they would clear out the ER and drop the pts off on PCU if we were rdy or not for them. Not a big fan of that!

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
Does not matter to me....I could email my adviser and change the order around, but don't foresee me doing that......

The 2 classes that I can test out of changed.....used to be some kind of drug awareness class and another.....now these 2 are something totally different. I have the emails from my original adviser..so hopefully they don't give me a hard time..and all of a sudden say I can't test out of them. I have heard a few people from GCU run into this issue...almost seems like a bait and hook thing...Not too concerned. If I was working with kids..different story, lol

That stinks. Have things changed to where one cannot test out of. Maybe a policy change? I read somewhere, before I started class, that they have the right to change policies as they go, so maybe this is what happened to you?

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I have not asked anyone....My advisor has been great in getting me the profs I want, so why rock the boat,lol It is only 2 classes,not overly concerned...just weird how they have changed

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I think it is that work presentation thingamajig. :eek: Of course I have not dissected it yet, but it sounds icky. Lol. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Can't wait for us to take Patho together. :)

It'll be here before we know it. Getting closer to the prize!

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