Lindesay

Well, I was finally added to the Facebook group! So, now that my girls are in bed, it's time to have a glass of wine and read through all of these posts, haha. I feel like my life has been totally consumed by waiting for the semester to start and trying to land my first job (I just passed the NCLEX on 6/30). Trying my best to be ready for success, but the waiting game is torture, haha.

Haha yeah I'm still just waiting. Hoping to be added before the fall semester starts. We shall see!

I do, and they had posted for me to be added, but I'm still not in the group. That was probably about two weeks ago. I even tried contacting the two admins for the group, but to no avail. Apparently it isn't meant to be haha

That's what I'm concerned about - I've heard that there are some brutal TAs for this program. Makes me incredibly nervous. I usually produce good work in my papers, but with only having a few APA projects under my belt, I'm worried about being eaten alive over my work.

Melissa, Did you purchase the PERRLA Complete (or whatever it's called) or just the APA extension for Word? & thank you so much for the suggestions!

Forgive me for I am new here, but I am desperately seeking out information from current or previous students in the RN-to-BSN program, especially if they had taken more than one NRSE course per 5 week term. (If anyone knows how I can finally be approved to be in the [Ohio University RN to BSN online-academic outreach initiative] group on facebook, that would also be awesome. Allow me to provide a little history on myself: I began at LCCC in 2010 as an online-only student, completing prerequisites for my nursing courses. Gradually I began to take the on-campus classes needed to be accepted into the nursing program, until finally I was accepted into & completed the ADN-RN program. So I have had plenty of success with online courses. I have not, however, had many required APA assignments; only 2-3 I believe in the nursing program, but I honestly do not know how strictly they adhered to the APA formatting while grading the papers as they were mostly (in my opinion) busywork assignments. Obviously the ones in the RN-to-BSN program will be vastly different. Now, I am pretty determined to finish this program as quickly as possible, so I would love to know which courses would be best to pair up in a 5 week term. I also have a few non-nursing courses to complete, but I am not too concerned with them. Currently, for the fall, I am registered for {term1: NRSE 4510 & Fashion, term2 NRSE 4550 evidence based, & term3: NRSE 4580 leadership}. The non-nursing courses I still have to take will be Exploring Musical Styles, Business Communication, and Intro to Ethics. Any and all advice is appreciated! Thanks!

I worry that my questions will have been asked previously, but this thread is very large and I am new here... so I'll take my chances, since it doesn't seem like I will ever be added to the Facebook group I am beginning this program next month and I would really like to finish it as quickly as possible. I was hoping maybe someone would have input to share with me regarding the nursing coursework. I'm interested to know if certain classes are easier than others so that I could potentially double them up, but I would also like to know about some of the gen ed classes. For example, I need to take business communications; is that a difficult class with a great deal of coursework? What about Fashion & Culture, Intro to Ethics, & Exploring Musical Styles? I am currently enrolled in 4510 & Fashion (1st 5), 4550 (2nd 5), & 4580 (3rd 5).