Grand Canyon RN-BSN

[tokmom]

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?

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

5 times to post the above. grrrrrrrr

Start thinking of a topic for your capstone. By research, you will be doing a PICO that you can use in your capstone. Get your articles a head of time so you will not be crunched to do so in the last class.

Balance: I did this program with a family, husband with health issues and working 50 hours a week at times. Did my family see me a lot? Yeah.. sitting on the couch with my laptop, lol.

Otherwise, we didn't do many fun activities unless they were day outings so I could get home and do schoolwork. Our lives were curtailed for a bit, however, they have reaped the rewards.

Oh.. the DQ are due on Wed and Friday and homework has to be in by Sunday at midnight. That's AZ midnight. Do not wait until 2355 to submit a paper. There is a chance that turnitin is going to take it's sweet time to check your paper, and you will be late with your submission. I always told myself that I had to have everything turned in by Saturday at the latest. Since class starts on Monday, it gives one a chance to have a day off...sorta..

Lastly, before typing anything in the forum, check the announcements (ALWAYS READ THE ANNOUNCEMENTS). If the instructor sounds like a true nut job, DO NOT write on the wall. Back out of the forum and get another instructor. The classroom opens on a Friday before the class starts on Monday, so use that time to get ahead. I'd have my first papers completed by Monday morning, and my DQ written in Word. All I had to do was cut and paste. :)

[rob4546, BSN, MSN]

I hadn't been in school since women had big, over-sprayed hair, so anything that involved writing was new to me.

Big over-sprayed hair, man those were the days. I am a product of the 70's and 80's as well and would like to see this return!!!!

My advice to the OP would be to not try and reinvent the wheel. Most classes and papers require you to regurgitate what you read from the book. Don't try to win a literary award or anything, just follow the rubric and cover what they want. Cite correctly and often. Try not to quote anything verbatim, put everything in your own words and cite correctly. I have found that I can be really loose with my citations if I reword most of my citable information.

Work on the assignments early and don't try to run your paper through the plagiarism detector (TII) at the last minute!! It can stress you to point of drinking!! Not a good coping mechanism, by the way I will take another one barkeep.....

[PrismRN]

BI hadn't been in school since women had big, over-sprayed hair...

and the perms! Don't forget the perms!

[Flames9_RN, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

If 1 has done ur research, u should know the good/bad profs,lol Actually 1 of the best profs I had, sounded like she was crazy, as she had written a novel in the 1st announcement post....But she actually cared and was the best prof I had during the whole program! She didnt stand for plagiarism...and provided sooo many articles on many different subjects....she was awesome

[Flames9_RN, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

yes cite, cite, cite!! So many don't cite enough....they figure 1 cite per paragraph is enough..not sure why they think that.....if its not ur thought..cite it.......

[rob4546, BSN, MSN]

and the perms! Don't forget the perms!

Can't see your pictures!! I am sure they are worth seeing.....

[PrismRN]

yes cite, cite, cite!! So many don't cite enough....they figure 1 cite per paragraph is enough..not sure why they think that.....if its not ur thought..cite it.......

This, too, is Prof-specific, and kinda backfired on me in Patho. Every single paper she would make it a point to tell me that while my TII "was acceptable (always

If 20% is University approved, why give somebody grief over 10?

[PrismRN]

Can't see your pictures!! I am sure they are worth seeing.....

I know, they were fantastic. When I pressed "submit", it flew off to a moderator to be checked out before appearing as a post

[rob4546, BSN, MSN]

This, too, is Prof-specific, and kinda backfired on me in Patho. Every single paper she would make it a point to tell me that while my TII "was acceptable (always

If 20% is University approved, why give somebody grief over 10?

This is so funny. My current instructor put in the announcements that you should be getting TII scores between 14-18%. more than that might mean plagiarism and less than that means you are not using research enough. I reword everything and direct quote almost nothing and my most recent scores are around 2-3%. my last paper I used 9 references and cited each one at least twice.... I think I am doing fine at 2-3%. Hope he doesn't dock me for this. Can't wait to get my first paper back.....

[PrismRN]

This is so funny. My current instructor put in the announcements that you should be getting TII scores between 14-18%. more than that might mean plagiarism and less than that means you are not using research enough.

Another example of how every class is a crapshoot! :sstrs: :yelclap:

Sometimes I think figuring out what the Prof's idea of a good paper is is harder than the assignment itself. Many times I looked at the comments and thought, "what the??" and felt that intrinsic urge to challenge, but then screeched to a halt and thought, "let it go, it's still an A, moving on..." But that's hard!

[Flames9_RN, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

I think some profs just make comment to make a comment.....

[Flames9_RN, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

This is so funny. My current instructor put in the announcements that you should be getting TII scores between 14-18%. more than that might mean plagiarism and less than that means you are not using research enough. I reword everything and direct quote almost nothing and my most recent scores are around 2-3%. my last paper I used 9 references and cited each one at least twice.... I think I am doing fine at 2-3%. Hope he doesn't dock me for this. Can't wait to get my first paper back.....

I tried to reword my work and very little direct quote....lot of citations and my scores were usually always very low..which should be a good thing......if one is not putting it into your own words, the Turnitin score will be higher...... I noticed in group work and in a few instances when we had to critique other students papers...they did not cite enough....it was as if they were afraid to have too many citations......but if you don't..it is plagiarism....