Requesting information about Capella's RN-BSN flexpath

pmabraham, BSN, RN · Apr 11, 2018

I just graduated at the end of March having finished my capstone on 3/7. It was a great experience course wise as many of the research projects could be related to what I was doing at work at the time.

apakow · Apr 11, 2018

How would you describe the way in which you completed the papers considering that there are no classes? How did you obtain the information needed for the assignments? Was it based on personal experience? Are the assignments opinion pieces or research papers? Was the research extensive?

pmabraham, BSN, RN · Apr 12, 2018

You are given instructions, a scoring guide and you can either use google scholar or the Capella Library for research. Extensive is a comparative word; for me they were not extensive.

apakow · Apr 12, 2018

Yes, extensive is a subjective word. You can begin by describing how many sources were used in order for you to complete a piece; how many arguments were developed and how "extensive" you felt the research to be from your personal experience.

pmabraham, BSN, RN · Apr 12, 2018

The sources varied by paper, and will vary by how much you put into it. Each paper had a minimum requirement that varied by the course and paper, and then you could put more sources if you felt it would flesh out the paper. I felt all the work was BSN oriented. I graduated from computer school witha 3.98 GPA, and from my AD at the literal top of the class (3.92 GPA), so for me the assessments were relatively easy. I'm not sure how that might translate to others, but once you are accepted into the program, you can join a RN to BSN FB group (just students, no instructors) where we help one another in case there are questions about the instructions or help needed finding references (keeping in mind there's no spoon feeding; each poster tries to demonstrate they are trying to resolve the issue vs. looking for handouts).