Nursing 328 Nursing Care for Child and Family ISU

[ubski]

I am seeking some advice on this module. This will be my 3rd exam, and I heard from most students that this exam is the toughest one. I am constantly reviewing the quizzes and going back to the chapters. Does anyone have any tips on what to focus on? Any responses will be appreciated.

[LadyinScrubs, ASN, RN]

I want to complete the program in 4 to 5 semesters, do you know how I can do that? When will we receive acceptance letters?

There are 6 clinicals and 8 lecture classes. Additionally, if you do not have a bachelors, you will need to take all the ISU gen ed classes for your bachelors--this is beyond the prerequisites for the nursing program. I highly suggest that any potential LPN to BSN student get all your prerequisites and gen ed classes out of the way because the course work is more than enough to handlle. You don't want to be at risk for failing out of the LPN to BSN program because of gen ed classes that still have to be taken. I suggest you wait until you receive you DARS, before you decide how long it will take you to matriculate through the program.

BTW, ISU has just instituted a policy of adding into the tuition the cost of some classes the cost of' E-books. This means, even if you prefer a regular book, you are going to pay for the cost of an E-book. Here is the rationale for and against E-books: Studying for hours and hours employing the computer and E-books can be very fatiguing and possibly cause eye damage. The student must have a computer available to study. Additionally, if the student buys a hard cover book, the student can buy used and compare book prices among the online companies. However, the E-book can be updated once the student buys it.

What is disturbing to me is ISU is taking away the student's right to decide on a hard cover or E-book. If this E-book price is added to tuition, it may not be long before the nursing department starts increasing the cost of the 4 challenge exams by including the cost of the expensive ISU-written but TCN-published study guides. Plus, the nursing department could require that all their students use E-books.

The issue is this: why is ISU making students buy E-books when it is the student's decision which book to buy. Seems as if there is some kind of "deal" with ISU and the E-book publishing companies--what other explanation could there be?