Nursing Research starting 2/24/14

vera4130 · Apr 2, 2014

This class is a joke. The email response I got was "well Purdue OWL says to do it this way." Never mind the quite I sent her was straight out if the APA manual. And funny, I checked Purdue OWL and they recommend page numbers for paraphrased portions too.

MBrickle · Apr 3, 2014

This class is a joke. The email response I got was "well Purdue OWL says to do it this way." Never mind the quite I sent her was straight out if the APA manual. And funny I checked Purdue OWL and they recommend page numbers for paraphrased portions too.[/quote']
The rubric for this assignment actually said it didn't include everything?! Then what's the point??
I spoke with my AC on the phone and told her I thought that whatever rubric they grade off of is the one they should give to us.
Hate. This. Class.

inmyskin · Apr 3, 2014

If you don't drink. Start now.
I immediately took control and made assignments for my group on day 1. Luckily, my group was pretty decent but it was easy to see weak links by week 1.
I assigned a draft date by each Thursday, which gave a day to revise. Be prepared to sit at home all day Saturday revising other peoples work and submitting.
Three people in my group were great and very preset. One did good work that didn't require any revisions (other than those suggested in the critique) but was never too present. The other two did ok/not great work and were not very present, especially at crunch time. I spent a few hours every Saturday re-doing tier work.
Weeks 1-3 are awful. 4 is okay and 5 is pretty easy but I suggest you format all of your week 1-3 assignments in APA to make week 5 easier.
Quizzes are a crapshoot. I suggest not doing any reading (especially because between videos, OOH, assignment and managing a group you don't have time to read the 230+ pages from week 1). Wait for them to announce the blueprint and then read the notes/book specific to that.
Must participate in the OOH. Listen to it. The challenge of this class is that assignment criteria can be found in several different places and it is your job to find it and combine it to get a sense of what is required. Even then I found they grade off of an entirely different and come comprehensive rubric. Assignment instructions are found in the weeks video lecture, the assignment rubric and the OOH (which often gives answers). Every Wednesday I would listen and take specific notes on the OOH. I would make a list of the weeks questions for the assignment and under each question I would write the OOH-specific notes for that question, then info for that question found in the video AND the rubric criteria for that question and post it as a thread. This way, everyone in the group could see the various aspects/points to hit for each specific question listed.
Prior to the OOH, I would look through the assignment. Anything you don't know, ask on the Q&A board or during the OOH.
The JC is a cluster F in my opinion. Make sure you hit every.single.point for every question they have you reference from the critique form - regardless of how relevant you think it is.
Know this - VERY few people get As. Most of those people cut back on work during the weeks of this course and took it alone. I worked 50hrs/week and doubled with history II which was an insane amount of work. Would have gotten an A had we not bombed the JC assignment in week 4. Learn to love the idea that a 3.93 is almost as good as a 4.0, especially when research is over and done with.
Godspeed.

Thanks so much, this was really helpful! :up:

vera4130 · Apr 4, 2014

The rubric for this assignment actually said it didn't include everything?! Then what's the point??
I spoke with my AC on the phone and told her I thought that whatever rubric they grade off of is the one they should give to us.
Hate. This. Class.

Haha, did she have anything to say to that?