Jacksonville University Online RN to BSN program? Need guidance

[All4Jesus]

Good Morning/Afternoon and/or Evening everyone.

I am a travel NICU nurse presently in California. I am a Florida resident (though you don't have to be), and I will starting the RN to BSN program at Jacksonville University Online program in August. I will be fulltime status, 2 classes per semester and I should finish my degree in 18 months.

I am already stressing about having to write research papers for second term and I would like to see if there is anyone out there who already has obtained their BSN and perhaps taken the research in nursing class online? What kind of research do these kind of classes require? How many pages and/or resources do you have to write? Words? Writing essays has never been my forte, and I couldn't imagine having to write a research paper. I have already been reading my "How to write a research paper". I also recently purchased the APA publication manual which I must have. It is so lengthy and there is soooo much to know.

I am eager to hear for you.

:rotfl:

[hollyster]

There is software that will put everything into APA style.

[NursePamela]

Does anyone know about JU and the reputation?

[All4Jesus]

I am not so much worried about the APA format. That I can figure out. I am mostly concerned with just getting the paper written and how to get started....

Regarding JU. They have an excellent reputation. I am a Jacksonville, Florida resident. It is a private university. The online RN-BSN program is EXACTLY the same curriculum "on campus" students attend. It is a well designed program.

Check out the Jacksonville University Online program website. Just type it in to your search engine.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

You have some valid concerns. I had those same concerns myself when I started my RN to BSN (Florida Hospital) because my ADN program was focused on NCLEX and multiple choice questions, not papers. My first course "Concepts in Profressional Nursing" was nothing but papers, about 7 of them.

Just allot plenty of time for research and organizing and don't fret. It all seemed to come together for me. If you can survive an ADN program then you have what it takes to write these silly paper. Good luck to you.

You're campus website is going to have lots of information and research sources that you get to journals online, etc. Our first course spent a bit of time at first making sure we knew the basics of APA and how to conduct research and hopefully JU will be the same.