Windynurse

Hi everyone. I am wondering if anyone out there has recently chosen WGU for their MSN degree. I have heard many different things about the program, especially regarding changes in the past year. How demanding is it? Are there required clinical hou...

Perfect! Thanks so much! I will be contacting them soon. Got any tips about getting through the program? Windynurse :)

That sounds awesome klone, to stay within your organization and have different options to choose from. I am still not sure what I want to do, but I do wish I had started this back to school thing years ago. Oh well, it is always better late than nev...

You both reinforced what I was thinking and I really appreciate your feedback. I'm so impressed that you moved so quickly through the programs, featherzRN! I was actually hoping I might be able to complete my MSN in 6 months and I am feeling pretty ...

Hi. I totally agree with you...group work sounds painful and I don't think I could do it. It sounds like I could work at my own pace at WGU, which is exactly what I want. I am one of those crazies who gets momentum when I start something new, ...

Hi. I totally agree with you...group work sounds painful and I don't think I could do it. It sounds like I could work at my own pace which is exactly what I want. I am one of those crazies who gets momentum when I start something new, I like t...

Thank you for the positive response, klone. Congratulations to you for getting your MSN! Did you consider other programs also? If so, what was it about WGU that made you decide to go there? How many classes did you take at a time? How long did it t...

Hi all nurses new & old nurses (like me). My niece is graduating from nursing school and things are so different today than they were when I graduated, I am at a loss for what to get her for a graduation gift. Any ideas of what might be most a...

Thank you, thank you, thank you again! I've pretty much narrowed it down to engraving a Littman stethoscope with her name & RN on it. Now, I still have to decide what to add to it, since this is a joint gift. Tote, lunch box, gift card, massa...

So the Vera Bradley bag sounds really nice & I could fill it with goodies. Which style bag/tote would be good? Does anyone out there have the mailbag style? I think it looks pretty neat, but how is it size wise for nursing stuff? Also, the ste...

Now I am really getting excited about finding a gift for my niece! This is so special to me since she will be the first one in the family to become a nurse since me, and that was a long time ago! As far as the gift card part some of you suggested, ...

Wow! Thanks everyone! These are all great ideas! I love the idea of putting something together in a care package. As far as a stethoscope, what kind of stethoscope would you recommend? Any opinion of a adding a keepsake of some kind or is that...

I thought I'd start a thread for people taking Holistic Health Assessment N3425 at UTA on 4-6-15. I heard it is quite time consuming so it would be nice to have a group for moral support. Is there anyone out there who has taken it recently who h...

So I studied like crazy for the test and I don't think it really mattered much. It seemed like most of the answers were straight out of the book and if I could look things up in the index fast enough, I could find a lot of things. I hope this works...

Hi, just got back my first assignment. I tried to follow the sample they gave us to the letter and even added more detail and I still got marked off for missing items! Not too bad, but I guess you just have to go for "overkill" on the descriptions....

Yay! Me too! How do you spell relief??? Congrats to you too & thanks for starting this thread...it was nice to run to when I felt like screaming. Jk, it really wasn't that bad. To any newbies, just bite the bullet & try to work ahead because...

We are in the final stretch! What a relief! Looking at the DB assignment, I think it will be a lot of basic mechanics: copying your PICO question, facts & clinical recommendations onto a power point. Same with writing our final reflections: mo...

So my Texas Gov class just opened and I am wondering if anyone has advice on the best way to study for the quizzes. I read the first chapters and the lecture notes. Then I took the first "study questions" test and found out I didn't remember it all...

I think this is the hardest assignment I have had to do in this entire program so far! I'm one behind you, SaharaRN33...you are so lucky to be almost done! I won't start Capstone until May. I've doubled up my Nursing classes every session until n...

I went back to a junior college to get my ADN 10 years after I graduated with my bachelor's degree. For me it was the logical choice because it was inexpensive and I only needed the nursing classes plus a few prerequisites. I have always felt that ...

Yes, I think we are all lucky that they did away with the group work. If I were you, I would still save Research until near the end of your coursework. It is a tough one and some of the other classes help prepare you for that level of work. Best of...

You are not butting in at all. That is what this forum is for and we all learned from reading other people's threads. At least for this session, there was NO GROUP WORK and it seems like they intend to keep it that way. It is still very time cons...

So, how are you all holding up, so far? We are past the half-way point! Windynurse

I'm nervous too! I feel like I am back in Nursing school (RN) learning how to do medications...triple check and triple check and triple check again!!! I think that is the key. It is not all that hard, just tricky. The more you read it, it starts...

I agree totally! You don't know what you did wrong so you can take it again and do even worse! Here's what I did and it helped. I figured out how many questions I missed the first time by multiplying my grade by the # of points each question was...