NURS 4465 - Vulnerable Populations (starting 8/12/13)

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Getting an early start on the support group thread for the August 4465 class.

I heard it's second only to Research in terms of horror level...though having just survived Research, I'm optimistic about this one--it can only be better than Research was.

Specializes in ICU.

I have no motivation left. I do not know what I'm doing. What's crazy to me is that I like public health, biostatistics, epidemiology - all of that. And this class has been nothing but busy work. I think this class has made me realize I'm not an online class person. I like lectures.

There's a guy that calls me once every few months to ask how the program is going. I let him have an earful last time. He woke me up and I somehow ended up telling him about how we're harped on to teach our patients in ways THEY can learn, i.e., print-outs, demonstrations, discussion, etc. Because learning style is generally taken into consideration for the adult learning model, but we sure don't do that for classes. If you don't learn by reading (and have telepathy to guess what the instructors want), it's tough luck for you.

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Specializes in ICU.
Also, it would be helpful if these were all due on Sunday.

Yes! It would! I'm spending the last day of my vacation in the hotel frantically working on this paper. I would even be happy if they'd accept a late assignment and just knock a few points off, but they don't do that either.

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I turned my paper in late last night. It looked pretty good after I did the APA formatting. I thought about trying one more time to find more data, but I just couldn't look at the assignment anymore. I turned it in as is, and will be happy with a 70 or better.

I know some of you are in holistic health, did you all do ok on the quiz this week. I did really bad.

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

I am going through the final proofread right now and aim to have it in by 10. Yes, I'm toying with the thought of seeing what other data I can come up with...but at this point, I don't think it's going to make much difference. I think what I'm submitting is definitely pass-worthy, and at this point in my college career I'll settle for passing just so I can get through this class. As I told my better half tonight, the only reason that I'm not totally losing it over these assignments is that it's the last class before Capstone.

28 tables, 50 pages (this does include part 1). I'm going to plant a tree when this class is finished as I've probably already killed three from all of these printouts. And the class isn't even over!

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I am on page 31 (57total) and just finished. My nursing dx info is crap. I looked ahead to next week and it seems as if our statistical data doesn't matter so much as does our ability to put together a community health plan so I'm thinking my week dx info won't matter (hopefully.) I just really couldn't think of issues above alcohol use and no helmet while riding bike.

I have one hour and 20 min to format. Wish me luck!

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

I just submitted it with 45 minutes to spare. I did cave in and add stats to one table.

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No greater adrenaline rush than turning in an assignment at 1157pm when it's due at 1159pm!!! #BloodSweatTears

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Well, I submitted it with three (3!!!) minutes to spare, complete with a computer issue at the very last second as I am on my husbands laptop versus mine.

Well, that was awful.

I worked on that stupid assignment for 20 hours total. That time does not include all of the other work I have done for that class this week, such as the DB, responses, quiz, etc. I bet I will get a 50% if I am lucky.

My nursing dx are awful. I really had to scrape together some B.S. to get them in, half of my statistical data for morbidity/mortality is missing oh, and my APA formatting is completely and utterly non-existent save for correct font and size. I didn't give myself enough time to add table citations because of course it was going to take another 10 hours or so and I have other things to do in life other than this crappy paper which has absolutely taught me nothing. SO, I thought, submit it with no citations whatsoever and risk getting accused of plagiarism OR take the URL's I have been using and assign them an asterisk that coordinates to an asterisk given to the data used and plop the URL directly under the table.

For example:

Bicycle Stats*

1

2

3

4

*http://www.bike.edu/ihatethisclass

Awful, I know, but I had no time. Come to find out they only dock you 5pts for a late assignment (which I didn't look up until after I had already submitted it) so now I'm kind of wishing I didn't submit it, got the 5pt hit and then worked on my APA formatting all day tomorrow. That being said, the idea of getting a 45 or 50 on this assignment and being DONE with it seems more appealing to me then spending my entire day tomorrow working on it more, so it's a toss up.

Naturally, as someone who has a 4.0 in this program (and a 3.8 in nursing school prior to this) it will kill me to get this horrible of a grade and I will be convinced that I have somehow started myself down a path of academic failure from which I will not be able to escape. However, I'm trying to convince my rational side that one bad grade, even if it is really bad won't kill me...especially if I make sure all the rest of my grades are good as they have been up to this point.

Ugh, 59 total pages (23 of them from this assignment) and somehow I will still fail. How is that even possible?! HUNDREDS of statistics I looked up. Ugh.

Sorry for the rant, it's 1am here and I'm so frustrated and burnt out. I can't believe I will still have assessment and research in my future....

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No greater adrenaline rush than turning in an assignment at 1157pm when it's due at 1159pm!!! #BloodSweatTears

HA! Me too! I wish I waited and did it tomorrow to get my APA worked out (::see rant above::) as it is only a 5pt deduction!

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Specializes in ICU.

They only dock 5 points? Where did you see that? I thought they wouldn't take it at all!

My paper was horrible. I got on the plane to come back yesterday, had just a little bit left to do, turn it on and it automatically freezes. After waiting I end up having to turn it off without shutting it down. The short version is that after this happening several times during the start up process my computer reset itself to a previous point and I lost all but 8-9 tables.

I fixed what I could, submitted it, and had a glass of wine.

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Ugh! That's the most frustrating thing EVER! I saved like a madwoman because that's been happening to my DB posts quite a bit.

I read it on the syllabus! I wish I had read it earlier and it submitted it, but failure or no failure, I'm thrilled to wake up this morning with that assignment behind me!

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To add insult to injury coming off of the horrible vulnerable assignment, I got a 77% on my holistic care of the older adult quiz. Ugh. I have totally hit a wall this week. Between working 60-70 hours all summer to fill in for nurses on vacation and all of the other stuff going on in life along with these courses I feel as if I am perpetually running from one thing to the next!

Also, as another gripe of the program: presumably, we are supposed to do our readings at the beginning of the week, right? Well then why the heck are the quizzes slated to open at the end of the week?!?! It makes the most sense for us to be quizzed on the reading material at the time we are supposed to actually read it!

That is all.

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