Members are discussing the accreditation and acceptance of BSN and MSN degrees from GCU in different states, particularly focusing on the requirement of a preceptorship for BSN programs. There are concerns about certain states not accepting GCU BSN degrees, while others share experiences with the capstone course and offer tips for scholarly activities. Additionally, there is mention of GCU transitioning back to a non-profit status and the impact of this change on students.
Howdy all, I bit the bullet and after much research, I decided on Grand Canyon! Wow, I did not expect BSN schools to be like used car salesmen--hounding me by emails and phone calls. Rather impressed on how Grand Canyon sort of left me alone, but at the same time kept in touch.
Commence my first class Sept 30th, excited, yet very nervous, as I'm not a big fan of school, LOL! I did extremely well on my Associate degree, graduated back in 2009 from Northern Virginia Community College. We shall see.
Would love to hear from past and present Grand Canyon RN to BSN students.
I found an RTC that wondered if regular ol' staff nurses (not APRNs) in a PCP setting, after just 1 week of focused diabetes training, could manage DM as well as the MD.
So after 14 months, guess what? Surprise! No difference in HbA1c between the control group (usual care by MD) & the intervention group (nurse-managed withOUT physician supervision).
So my "intervention" was utilizing nurses to manage DM in the community setting to take the load off the MDs, as there is a projected shortage of PCPs by 2025 in the 10's of thousands. Diabetes is booming in this country, just as PCPs are retiring (and/or running for the hills) and not being replaced. C'mon people, let us do what we know how to do, and maybe, just maybe, we can make a dent.
I remember the struggle I had with this assignment is the intervention/study must be current. That was tough, because in the world of diabetes, the latest & greatest processes become yesterday's old news real quick.
Thanks for the great idea. I did run across that article (actually a review of it). The good ones are far and few between for sure! I really wanted to do something cool like an islet cell transplant...zip to do with nursing! I couldn't find any articles. oh well...lots of time!!! This patho class is kicking my butt currently. I will be glad when it's done and then I have a week off before nursing leadership and management. Thanks for all the encouragement throughout the forum :)
Congratulations Flames, I'll be saying that in the next 6 weeks, this time last year, I didn't think I was gonna make it. It will feel great to have that behind me.
I took your advice and researched my articles for capstone, I have next week off and I start the following Monday. The instructor that you all recommended is not available, I just wanna be done, and most importantly, I'm just grateful for no CLC. I'm going to start my critique next week. I do have a question, I have 3 studies from 2008, is the general rule no more than 5 years old?.
Congratulations Flames, I'll be saying that in the next 6 weeks, this time last year, I didn't think I was gonna make it. It will feel great to have that behind me.
thanks....I'm on holidays..and its nice to look at the school site and see no more classes,lol
I stuck to 5 yrs on my research articles, as that as the standard for the research class....1 gal on my FB group stated their research prof wanted 3 yrs.....
I took your advice and researched my articles for capstone, I have next week off and I start the following Monday. The instructor that you all recommended is not available, I just wanna be done, and most importantly, I'm just grateful for no CLC. I'm going to start my critique next week. I do have a question, I have 3 studies from 2008, is the general rule no more than 5 years old?.
My Cap Prof was so laid-back, I don't remember a hard & fast rule on the age of articles. What I do remember is that of the 15, at least 8 had to be actual research articles with study results (those I guess I would make sure were fairly current), and the other 7 could be just supplimental/supportive information for your topic (from scholarly sources though, of course). I didn't quite understand the directive at first, so I ended up with all 15 as research. My Prof was pretty much "if it helps you state your cause/objective, it's all good".
BTW, I don't remember where I wrote my post (here or the other thread) in great detail, but my advice for the first 2 weeks is to do those assignments backwards. Do wk 2's assignment during the first week, save it (for wk 2), make a duplicate, then whittle down your duplicate to meet the assignment requirements for week 1 and turn that in wk 1. Then, in wk 2, you'll already have the one you saved to turn in for wk 2. Does that make sense? If I had done it this way I would have saved myself a whole week of work, because week 2 is just a seriously beefed-up version of wk 1 so you end up doing all week 1's stuff OVER again and then adding tons to it. Why not do it backwards, do all the work early on, and turn in a chopped version the first week? If that doesn't make sense I'll try and find my old post :)
However, these are only my experiences; I'm sure they laid out the syllabus in a particular order for a reason, just sayin' what would have worked better for me personally.
I just finished capstone 2 weeks ago and agree with Prism. The review of literature is a little labor intensive so it would be a good idea to switch the two weeks around and save yourself some time. Those first 3 weeks for me were busy so any way to save time for yourself would be great. The school could sure take more time to provide better directions and even just to lay out exactly what this monster of a project is and what it will look like. If it weren't for the advice of current and former students, it would have been much more difficult for me. I let them know that in the end of the program survey. (that and a few other things:yes:)
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I totally agree with everyone. I wish I would have reversed the weeks, but didn't figure it out until week 2, lol. OH well..water under the bridge now.
Derk, I also agree with the university having an updated copy of what the paper looks like. I'm a very visual person and knowing the layout would have been nice. I did have a co-workers copy of her capstone, but it was done in APA 5th edition, so a bit different looking. It gave me an idea of what the paper should sort of look like, but a 6th edition would have been better. She also didn't have the addendum that I had to have, so I had to totally wing that one.
As for the age of the research articles, the prof said that qualitative could be a bit older than the standard 5 yrs if it was current. I had an excellent article that was 6 years old and it was ok.
Thank you all for the great advice, I'll keep you posted. So from what I'm understanding, there is not a template for this paper? my advisor has reassured me that every week has a template for the assignment due and that a portion of it is turned in every week and week five, you make corrections from the instructor's feedback and turn in the final paper.
So from what I'm understanding, there is not a template for this paper?
What tokmom was referring to is an actual example of a fully complete capstone paper so you could see one and see what it's supposed to look like when done. My Prof had one for us to see, but like tokmom, it was done in APA 5th so a couple things didn't jive. But still, it was good to see someone else's completed project.
my advisor has reassured me that every week has a template for the assignment due and that a portion of it is turned in every week and week five, you make corrections from the instructor's feedback and turn in the final paper.
Ahhhhh, if it were only that easy. Yes it's true, you do a paper a week and save them for the 5th week when they tell you "all you have to do is plop your previous 4 papers in there, write an abstract & a conclusion, and viola! You're done! Yeah right. Sounds good, until you get started. What ends up happening is that you have 4 prior papers, all with their own Intros & Conclusions, which there really is no place for in the big momma "template". You've already done all your 1st & 2nd level headings in those papers, right? So where ya gonna put the Intros/Conclusions? Leave them out? I had good information in those!
Then you run into the repeat and repeat and repeat of the same info that you sprinkled throughout all those papers that now you need to try and edit them all out so you only state the fact once - and where's the best place for that fact? Here? Or up there? Or should I save that tidbit for the conclusion I havent written yet? My problem was mass confusion, because by the time week 5 rolls around, you have read and regurgitated the same information over and over and over again, and somehow you need to chop that all up and turn it into a cohesive, professional project that doesn't look like you just plopped 4 papers into a new Word doc and called it a day.
One student in my class posted her nearly complete paper into the public forum asking the Prof to look it over, stating all she had left to do was the references. Okay, how can you not open that up and look at it? lol Of course I did. And she did exactly that - pasted all her papers into the correct slots and that was it. She literally had the same factual info like 30 times all over the place. It was painful to read.
Bottom line: The instructions make it sound easier than it is.
PrismRN
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Welcome on in to the Crazy House!
I found an RTC that wondered if regular ol' staff nurses (not APRNs) in a PCP setting, after just 1 week of focused diabetes training, could manage DM as well as the MD.
So after 14 months, guess what? Surprise! No difference in HbA1c between the control group (usual care by MD) & the intervention group (nurse-managed withOUT physician supervision).
So my "intervention" was utilizing nurses to manage DM in the community setting to take the load off the MDs, as there is a projected shortage of PCPs by 2025 in the 10's of thousands. Diabetes is booming in this country, just as PCPs are retiring (and/or running for the hills) and not being replaced. C'mon people, let us do what we know how to do, and maybe, just maybe, we can make a dent.
I remember the struggle I had with this assignment is the intervention/study must be current. That was tough, because in the world of diabetes, the latest & greatest processes become yesterday's old news real quick.