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 Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
Me too. I never did figure out a couple things (that I think they could explain better), like what is a government document? Is that the CDC? Or is the CDC considered a group author? I dunno, sometimes I would double check what perrla gave me against a couple of those free online reference builders. Another tip I figured out way too late in the game is to look at the references at the back of the articles I'm reading - chances are they have referenced things I'm unclear on and would just swipe those and hope for the best. Also, never hurts to literally google "how do you cite the CDC in APA" and viola!

Oh and HEY, wanna know another thing Grammarly is good for? If your computer does crash at the last possible second on a Sunday night and you had already run your paper through there, it saves everything and you could just log on from a different computer and get it back out! Oh and perrla can be used on multiple computers (just from the one purchase), so if you're laptop croaks and you get your content back out of grammarly, you can load perrla on your backup desktop or whatever and just paste it in a new paper. Of course, waiting until Sunday night is not advised... HA!

Did you learn this from experience? LOL.

PEERLA: Did you ever hover over the different types of documents? It would give a bit more detail of what a white paper was, etc. It's rather hard to explain and I no longer have PEERLA.

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Specializes in UR/CM, Managed Care.
Don't like tea but I would love come over as well. I have my own deer here, but I do not have communication with other nurses about nurse stuff.....

I don't have deer. :(

And, most days, I'd rather be surrounded by deer than the nurses I do have communication with! You ppl are much nicer than my crew!

Even though I'm gradjeeated by almost a month now, I still have not been able to shake the turbo-speed-anxiety that has been a constant in my life for nearly 2 years. I can't seem to just settle down and take a mental break. It still feels like I ought to be doing something. It can't be normal to be feeling withdrawals to the point that I'm searching online for certifications in things I might be interested in? And, before anybody asks, NO I'm not going to get right back in the saddle and start up the MSN! (even though alumni get a discount they keep emailing me about...) NONONONO NO.

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Specializes in UR/CM, Managed Care.
Did you learn this from experience? LOL.

PEERLA: Did you ever hover over the different types of documents? It would give a bit more detail of what a white paper was, etc. It's rather hard to explain and I no longer have PEERLA.

Luckily, not from experience, I only had two major catastrophes but was able to recover (but not before going through full-freakout-hysteria mode where the husband wonders if he should run out the front door and take cover).

Yeah, I hovered, but what the heck does a "standalone website NOT printed on a reference page" even mean?? LOL

How come you no longer have PERRLA? Isn't it a lifetime download? Please don't tell me I'm in a subscription that I need to cancel before I get charged another year... Man I'd better check Grammarly too?!

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
I don't have deer. :(

And, most days, I'd rather be surrounded by deer than the nurses I do have communication with! You ppl are much nicer than my crew!

Even though I'm gradjeeated by almost a month now, I still have not been able to shake the turbo-speed-anxiety that has been a constant in my life for nearly 2 years. I can't seem to just settle down and take a mental break. It still feels like I ought to be doing something. It can't be normal to be feeling withdrawals to the point that I'm searching online for certifications in things I might be interested in? And, before anybody asks, NO I'm not going to get right back in the saddle and start up the MSN! (even though alumni get a discount they keep emailing me about...) NONONONO NO.

What discount?

It took me a few months to finally feel that I wasn't supposed to be in high gear. I did the complete opposite of you though. I wanted to take a break and quit learning, lol. I need to renew my ACLS and have yet to open the review book. I have gone into slacker mode, lol.

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Specializes in UR/CM, Managed Care.
Please don't tell me I'm in a subscription that I need to cancel before I get charged another year... Man I'd better check Grammarly too?!

Okay so PERRLA was a one-time purchase, but Grammarly was indeed a subscription - just checked, I was set to get charged again in August so I just canceled that puppy. Thanks Grammarly, it was fun! (oh, and I will continue to write in the passive voice, but I will give you an A+ for your effort in trying to get me to stop :roflmao:)

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Specializes in UR/CM, Managed Care.
What discount?

They offer a "course materials credit" of $95. off each class, and if you start the Masters before 5/31 they'll return the graduation fee we just paid for the BSN

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
Luckily, not from experience, I only had two major catastrophes but was able to recover (but not before going through full-freakout-hysteria mode where the husband wonders if he should run out the front door and take cover).

Yeah, I hovered, but what the heck does a "standalone website NOT printed on a reference page" even mean?? LOL

How come you no longer have PERRLA? Isn't it a lifetime download? Please don't tell me I'm in a subscription that I need to cancel before I get charged another year... Man I'd better check Grammarly too?!

Maybe it's grammarly I cancelled? Next time I'm on my computer I'll check. I know something was gonna cost me some cash.

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Grammarly is a yearly subscription......Perrla is a 1 time payment..BUT if you want to continue receiving updates, I believe you have to fork over $$$$$

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.

This place is my place of nursing gossip N' stuff too. I don't really talk to nursey stuff with my co-workers.

I am the same way, I do not socialize at work at all. From years of experience in many jobs over a lifetime I learned to stay professional at work. I do not gossip, express my personal point of view, or find my friends at work. It saves a lot of headaches.

Oh Phooey, you'll do fine. :)

I really do think that there is a cosmic force working against me. Seems like there are things that come up that conflicts with working towards my BSN. In the last week that was an unexpected position open up at work and I was "asked" to apply for it. This position is what I wanted to attain after my BSN but I am not sure I can pass up this opening because it wont always be there.

It would entail more hours and the day off I take to write papers would be gone. I would have to take call one weekend a month and one day a week. The cool thing is that the pay increase is huge compared to what I am making right now. The best part is that I will leap frog the seasoned nurse that plays candy crush on her phone all the time. She is going to hate a 1 yr experienced nurse higher up the unit "food chain".

Haven't decided what I am going to do but I will probably going to take it. Can't pass it up, but will still take classes until it gets to be too much.....

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.
I don't have deer. :(

And, most days, I'd rather be surrounded by deer than the nurses I do have communication with! You ppl are much nicer than my crew!

Even though I'm gradjeeated by almost a month now, I still have not been able to shake the turbo-speed-anxiety that has been a constant in my life for nearly 2 years. I can't seem to just settle down and take a mental break. It still feels like I ought to be doing something. It can't be normal to be feeling withdrawals to the point that I'm searching online for certifications in things I might be interested in? And, before anybody asks, NO I'm not going to get right back in the saddle and start up the MSN! (even though alumni get a discount they keep emailing me about...) NONONONO NO.

Wow, it has almost been a month? PrismMSN does have a ring to it....

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Specializes in Cath Lab, Case Management.
I don't have deer. :(

And, most days, I'd rather be surrounded by deer than the nurses I do have communication with! You ppl are much nicer than my crew!

Even though I'm gradjeeated by almost a month now, I still have not been able to shake the turbo-speed-anxiety that has been a constant in my life for nearly 2 years. I can't seem to just settle down and take a mental break. It still feels like I ought to be doing something. It can't be normal to be feeling withdrawals to the point that I'm searching online for certifications in things I might be interested in? And, before anybody asks, NO I'm not going to get right back in the saddle and start up the MSN! (even though alumni get a discount they keep emailing me about...) NONONONO NO.

I'm still numb when I sit down and there is no homework, feel lost, surf the net, waste two hours and think I need to get it together! Walking in sand over here and no beach in sight! :cyclops:

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Specializes in Cath Lab, Case Management.
Love Yellowstone! Make sure to see the falls.

Hope you feel better soon.

What kind of camping do you do?

I got well enough to get over there and freeze my hiney off! 20 some odd degrees...winter camping for a patch honor for sons's club! I'm liable to surf the web and buy the sucker bootleg. I have one more freezing night to go. Will never do

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