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?

[jjPedsRN]

tokmom, I am excited too! BUT I would much rather be in your shoes and on the tail end of this. I have been wanting to start my BSN for a while but just didn't want to give up my family stuff, not one minute of it. I have 5 kids of my own and a hubby so its like 6.. lol just kidding he is a great help through my schooling.

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

tokmom, I am excited too! BUT I would much rather be in your shoes and on the tail end of this. I have been wanting to start my BSN for a while but just didn't want to give up my family stuff, not one minute of it. I have 5 kids of my own and a hubby so its like 6.. lol just kidding he is a great help through my schooling.

Hey JJ,

I'm happy to be where I am as well!! Don't worry, looking back at it, most if it went quickly. I'm sure these last few weeks are going to drag! lol. Some days I would look at that long list and think "How can I write another paper, or God forbid another painful DQ?"

I too put the schooling off for quiet some time, wanting to have family time and quite honestly not spend the money. With 7 kids and three of them in college at one time, my dreams were put on hold. Now that I'm the primary breadwinner because hubby has health issues, the fear of God was put in me with the turning of the tide to BSN. I'm slowly starting to see it in my area and I have feeling my organization is gearing up for it the big push very soon. Plus I want to do other things.

As of Monday you will have taken the first step to that BSN!

[lil_owl]

This thread is awesome. I am currently talking to an advisor (I think that is her position anyway) at GCU, to potentially start this summer. I am also considering a Cal-State and Brandman-however both of those schools are not fully on-line. I will be finishing my ADN this May, and hope to take the NCLEX in June or early July. These posts have been encouraging and it is nice to get feedback from actual students. Fortunately, I should not have to take statistics, as I am taking it now along with the end of my nursing program.

YAY!!!

[pandorasbox]

Good for you lil_owl, very smart to have stats out of the way.

In regard to a decision on which program to choose, GCU is 100% online. I had looked at 5 other schools before deciding on GCU. Tomorrow tokmom and I start our last class.... with the dreaded capstone!!!!

[lil_owl]

Um...what is the dreaded capstone?

[lil_owl]

Congrats to you both for nearing the end of your journey!

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

The capstone is where you combine all that information they have infused into your brain for the last 15 months. All the reading (can I say Thank you God, that I read??) and prior classes will give you the foundation to cough up a 5000 word, evidence based practice change in process based on research, whilst answering those 2 pesky DQ, based on prior classes. I was hoping I was done with them. Sigh.... The final paper does looked pieced together, so I'm praying it isn't toooo bad.

Tomorrow is the beginning of the end..whoop! whoop! I will have to reintroduce my body to exercise (that'll be a shocker) and say hi to my kids that I have ignored for ongoing months, lol.

[pandorasbox]

Tokmom.... I'm getting scared again, lol.

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

Tokmom.... I'm getting scared again, lol.

You can do this! Look at the assignments we muddled through, praying and cussing along the way!! You write very well, so don't worry, grasshopper...:)

I think the biggest part of this class will be organization and time. I don't think it is a last minute thing.

[pandorasbox]

You can do this! Look at the assignments we muddled through, praying and cussing along the way!! You write very well, so don't worry, grasshopper...:)

I think the biggest part of this class will be organization and time. I don't think it is a last minute thing.

Oh yes....lots of cussing and banging head on wall, lol.

[RN0511]

Oh no, no, if Prism said that, I lied. I wish that was my life, but sadly it isn't! What I think I remember saying is that I get my DQ's done in advance (try to do them on weekends - best case scenario is to get them ALL done the weekend before the class even starts once I have access to the syllabus). I like to do DQs in advance so I can copy/paste during the week with no thought, and spend the week commenting here & there on other ppl's DQ's for my participation, and then the weekends are when I hunker down and get serious about the papers. Like here it is, Friday evening, all my week's stuff is long done (DQs, replies), and tonight I will crack open PERRLA and that will be my life until Sunday. I cannot whip out a paper, never have, never will (), and sometimes I've cut it way too close by starting a paper Friday night. Let me tell you, there's no feeling in the world like clicking that TII button at 2340 on a Sunday and your score comes back >20% -- that's panic mode man, trying to tweak things, rerun it thru TII (several times sometimes), and then submit the assignment before 2359... That is a lesson I apparently haven't learned yet.

LOL whoops maybe it was someone else! The first time I had an essay I submitted it late Sunday night to TII and then had a panic attack when I realized I didn't know how long it would take to receive my TII score, lol! I don't know about everyone else, but even my peer responses take a while. I wish we had 2 less peer responses..would make my life SO much easier!

[Murse2013PMI]

Ouch!! that would hurt. I think I would have cried...on the floor...curled up in a ball..

Thanks for the compliments. My goal is to help my fellow soon-to-be-alum avoid any pitfalls, lol.

I don't think I had time to display sorry as I was under the gun to recreate the paper. As for avoid pitfals I feel ai can truly put my best foot forward and hopefully pay it forward.