Holistic Health Assessment starting 9/23

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Hey everyone! I wanted to start a thread to see who is enrolling in this course. I have purchased my books used on Amazon. Hopefully we can get through this course together!

This week is awful. I hear next week is pretty much all copy and paste. I'm trying desperately to get all of it done by this week as I leave for Europe on Friday. Thankfully I have a super responsive AC who has been working on my behalf to see if they can open the final quiz early for me...not. My AC takes daaayyyysss to respond. It's beyond annoying and certainly a violation of the criteria outlined in the syllabus. This week is so awful. That being said, this class has been easy so far provided you absolutely hit on everything...knock on wood!

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Specializes in Home Health,ID/DD, Pediatrics.

Can anyone tell me why the book says a "risk for" diagnosis can be shorter than the "actual" or "readiness for" diagnosis but when we use "risk for" we get dinged on it? I don't remember anything being stated in our materials/lectures etc...on this but yet I got points off. It says specifically in the book that a "risk for" doesn't have symptoms or defining characteristics that are manifested but will most likely without intervention.

This class, while valuable in many aspects is very tedious and some of this is busy work which I haven't used in practice. Don't get me wrong, I have learned some great things but I wished they would trim the fluff and let us just get down to the real usable information as we work, and some of us work a lot! And the nit picking! I can see being nit picky on some things but others almost feel like they are looking for ways to take off points from assignments, and the quizzes are horrible. AAAAGGGHHHHH!!

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Specializes in Home Health,ID/DD, Pediatrics.

Yep, the due dates are not very workable when you are already a working nurse. I wonder why they picked Thursday of all days? Sundays would have been so much better. Ugh.

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I agree. For a program that is designed for the working profession, it's crap sometimes.

Case-in-point: I was told that they can't open the week 5 quiz for me early on Thursday because "there is internet almost everywhere" Well, first, I am traveling in some lesser developed countries where internet certainly won't be widely available, nor do I want to spend hours of my precious vacation seeking it. Second, the logistics of bringing books and computers on a trip with me are annoying and thirdly, for the love of sweet baby Jesus, I work 60 hours a week and manage a full course load - can't I have a damn week of peace? With my husbands schedule to consider, I couldn't have booked this trip any other time and while I understand I need to do some work, don't tout that you are a program for working individuals when that isn't the case. Making deadlines in the middle of the week at 8am isn't "work" friendly, nor is a total lack of flexibility when I ask to have a quiz opened early for me - not delayed, but early.

Also, I would LOVE to be an AC, because as far as I'm concerned, they do crap and get paid for it. :::end rant:::

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I have been so busy. I am just now starting week 4 assignments along with health promotion assignments. I can't wait for my break. what are you taking after this?

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I start art history on Monday but they were reasonable enough to let me have the first week of assignments to work on since I will be on vacation. Then I'm in legacy. Next semester will be history, poli sci, research (ugh!!!) something else and capstone!!

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Specializes in ICU.

Forgive my bad attitude, but this class is RIDICULOUS. This assignment is so repetitive I could gag if I see any more diet or activity questions.

I may be pulling an all nighter to get this done. There was just no way I could do this earlier in the week with work. I'm beyond ready for this class to be over.

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I am starting now....long night ahead

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Specializes in Home Health,ID/DD, Pediatrics.

I'm now starting the last part and it's so old at this point. I like learning, but maybe this class shouldn't be a 5 week but an 8 week without fluff and repetitive assessment questions? I totally understand why they aren't super flexible since it goes fast and students late assignments are inconvenient but some degree of flexibility would be nice and due dates that make sense would be nice too. I'll take the outrageous 25 point hit and finish tomorrow. My grade in this class is not where I'd like it to be but oh well, I work and I'm freaken tired. My happy butt is too old to sit up all night long after working a 12.

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Specializes in ICU.
I'm now starting the last part and it's so old at this point. I like learning, but maybe this class shouldn't be a 5 week but an 8 week without fluff and repetitive assessment questions? I totally understand why they aren't super flexible since it goes fast and students late assignments are inconvenient but some degree of flexibility would be nice and due dates that make sense would be nice too. I'll take the outrageous 25 point hit and finish tomorrow. My grade in this class is not where I'd like it to be but oh well, I work and I'm freaken tired. My happy butt is too old to sit up all night long after working a 12.

I'm doing the same. I had a rough week at work and only slept a few hours each day, and I left work late this morning (I'm on nights) and just cannot function at this point. It would help me out so much if they weren't due on Thursdays, or at least not at 0800, but oh well.

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My objective for week 4 was 60 pages long. SIXTY! And that was with me getting pretty skimpy for the last portion on neuro as time was running out. So insane. Trying to finish week 5 today and tomorrow so I only have to worry about the final exam next week which they absolutely refuse to open early as "Internet is everywhere" and "I should have skipped classes this offering due to a schedule conflict." Personally, I think it's totally out of line for someone to judge my academic choices and also, I don't think I'm being unreasonable asking for the quiz to be opened up 3 days early. Yes, I could have skipped classes this offering but I didn't want to set myself back. Saying this program is for the "working professional" is crap...a/e/b ridiculous due dates in the middle of the week and inflexibility. Annoyed to the max!

I have learned nothing in this course except maybe how to re-word textbook writing so that I don't plagiarize.

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Specializes in Emergency/ICU.

Starting British literature on Monday. Looking forward to a nonnursing course for a while. After that, Algebra, then I'll finish Capstone in March. Took 1 course at a time and it will end up taking 18 months total. It is stressful and I am burned out with working full time and caring for my family of 5 - hats off to those taking more than 1 course. I don't think I could swing it.

Looking forward to the copy and paste of next week!

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