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?

Specializes in UR/CM, Managed Care.
That is an interesting degree. Again, I would have no idea what to do with it, except play games with my co-workers heads, bwahahaha!.

Well that's worth the $18k right there! :roflmao:

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

If it meant I could brainwash them into leaving the nurses station AND show up for work, then the cost would be worth it, lol.

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Specializes in Medical Oncology, Alzheimer/dementia.

Tokmom, I bet you recognized the names of the losers from your CLC groups right away, lol.

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Specializes in Cath Lab, Case Management.

I would stick with GCU. I'm still looking into this CNL, because I'm getting to the point I don't want to do any patient care. Educating, organizing, trouble shooting good to go. Someone doesn't show for work and I'm slogging it out with the twenty something, nah I'm past that point in my career. I'm probably going to take a year off anyway, we'll see.

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
Tokmom, I bet you recognized the names of the losers from your CLC groups right away, lol.

There were three names that did walk. One person that I liked in our clc, who really tried and was reachable. One who was the resident know it all who I suffered with for three classes before her schedule changed. Another was a slacker extraordinaire. I yelled the word slacker at the screen. And yes...it made me feel better. ;)

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I have a few days off in a row, yippeee! I don't feel like a zombie anymore and can really focus on school. I'm going to plant my bum at the Starbucks and not leave until I'm done with week 3, or the kick me out!

Who knew this nursing gig would be so hard and so much different than school? I totally wasn't prepared. I am on a step down cardiac unit and there is so much to learn there. Also I need to learn to be more authoritative. I have been letting my patients manipulate and walk all over me. It's really emotionally tiring. The last day I worked this man yelled at me the whole time we were waiting for his cab. He told me I was a bad nurse and I didn't even care about him and I didn't want to help him. :bag: He was the type of person who didn't like to hear no. He went out of the country to get a gastric sleeve at like 30.3 BMI. :no:

Anyway, I'm feeling super optimistic about getting all this work done today. I WILL get caught up today! Boy that Review of the Literature took me forever. Mine ended up being 22 pages long and I am not even sure if I did it right. I guess I'll know when I get my grade! How long was yours Prism?

2.5 more weeks until I get to take a break from school!

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Looking at week 2 review of literature..says 1500-2000 words........I had hoped to get more ahead as tomorrow is day 1 of capstone..got week 1 DQs done with,lol...Think I already have my PICO statement....just need to get motivated to get the ball truly rolling.

I didn't goto my ADN grad, went on a cruise instead, and probably the only reason i would head to Phoenix is the (NHL) Coyotes were playing. I'm not a fan of ceremonies.

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

Flames, do you have your articles?

Geez, just reading about the capstone makes me tired all over again, lol. Looking back, I didn't know how I did it. Hang in there everyone, and happy Easter!

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No, not yet,lol DQs are done for the week! Unlike others here, I don't work, no kids, so I have time. Got groceries today, cleaned house, so my few obstacles are out of the way. Tomorrow will be article finding day.

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Specializes in UR/CM, Managed Care.
Boy that Review of the Literature took me forever. Mine ended up being 22 pages long and I am not even sure if I did it right. How long was yours Prism?

Mine was 15 pages, 3540 words. It's nuts that they have a 2000 word limit on there, there's simply no way I could have done it under 2k. Maybe I'm just way too long-winded, but to answer all the aspects involved in a true review of literature (per the instructions), that's just where it ended up. What scares me is that the Review of Lit gets incorprated into the final momma, which they kind of want around 5000 total, so that tells me right there that I either need to take a weed-whacker to it now, or suffer the consequences of a final paper that is grossly too long.

I have said the same thing over and over so many different times in each paper (each a little different, but the same idea, and I can't remember where I said what?), I'm getting nervous about the final put-together. I think I will have to print them all out, cut them all up with scissors, and tape sentences and paragraphs to a bulletin board for it all to flow into one organized paper?? :nailbiting:

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That is 1 of my 1st questions tomorrow to the prof----word count....Don't think it will be an issue....but best to ask at the start...

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Mine was 15 pages, 3540 words. It's nuts that they have a 2000 word limit on there, there's simply no way I could have done it under 2k. Maybe I'm just way too long-winded, but to answer all the aspects involved in a true review of literature (per the instructions), that's just where it ended up. What scares me is that the Review of Lit gets incorprated into the final momma, which they kind of want around 5000 total, so that tells me right there that I either need to take a weed-whacker to it now, or suffer the consequences of a final paper that is grossly too long.

I have said the same thing over and over so many different times in each paper (each a little different, but the same idea, and I can't remember where I said what?), I'm getting nervous about the final put-together. I think I will have to print them all out, cut them all up with scissors, and tape sentences and paragraphs to a bulletin board for it all to flow into one organized paper?? :nailbiting:

All of my articles are really different and some of them do not support my practice change. Some of them deal with adults, pregnant women, and some deal with children. Maybe that is why mine was so long. I couldn't find 15 articles on only adults.

Maybe I will print mine out and cut it up. That's a pretty good idea!

In the big momma, do we need to have such a detailed literature review included? It doesn't look like it on the rubric. It seems more audience based, as where the lit review seemed more like a project for my own understanding.

The rubric includes abstract, problem description, solution description, implementation plan, evaluation plan, and dissemination plan. Where would the lit review even go in there? In the solution description?

The final paper seems like it will be complicated for me. I decided on doing my project on increasing continuous glucose monitoring usage. This seems like it would be most appropriate to implement in the primary care setting. Do you think I need to contact local facilities?

Ahhhh. Maybe I wont pass and I will have the opportunity to do this project again but with a more interesting topic. That would be the silver lining.

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