Rn to bsn

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Anyone ever taken the RN to BSN at excelsior ??? How was the course? Was it worth it? Thanks!!!

Specializes in internal medicine, telemetry, medsurg.
brigham young university. excelsior has a list of other places to take this class since they realize a ton of people do it since their's is ridiculously overpriced and unnecessary. you don't even have to necessarily use apa in it, which further drives home the point that it's a money maker just like "information literacy". what a joke.

I've attached the list to this post.

Thanks, I so agree. I will check into that. As for the "information literacy" I still can not get over I had to pay I think $390 for that 1 credit class and what is contained of, not to mention only receiving not a letter grade but a pass. Wow is what I'm left with lol!

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
Phoenix is similar (8 substantive apa style posts per week with an assignment, paper, and/or group project weekly). Everything is apa, including powerpoints. I took two of their 5 week bsn courses concurrently and got a's in both. Would like to stay there but too pricey. You don't need a class to learn apa. It's a moot point anyway.

I was going to point you to Grand Canyon where I am currently enrolled, but they aren't cheap. There are scholarships if you keep your grades up. The typically take off a couple hundred bucks per class.

There is no writing class prior to the courses. I went back to school after being out for over 20 years and had to google what APA was! I figured out pretty quick, with the help of an APA book and PEERLA how to write papers.

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thanks, I had a transcript eval done through them, but they are out of my price range.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.
Thanks, I so agree. I will check into that. As for the "information literacy" I still can not get over I had to pay I think $390 for that 1 credit class and what is contained of, not to mention only receiving not a letter grade but a pass. Wow is what I'm left with lol!

I'm so sorry that I'm just getting back to this post. I'm glad you got your answers. My apologies......

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Specializes in Med-Surg, LTC, Psych, Addictions..
I started the RN-BSN with Chamberlain and withdrew when they would accept my statistics from straighterline. There is just no way I can EVER repeat Statistics! I really hated to leave Chamberlain because I would have completed their program in under a year based on the credits I already had. Have you looked into their program or American Sentinel University? I don't believe either of those have a writing requirement.[/quote']

I am dreading Statistics big time. I'm considering going through Straighterline as I am currently for History 2 and Biology. I like it for the most part.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.
I am dreading Statistics big time. I'm considering going through Straighterline as I am currently for History 2 and Biology. I like it for the most part.

I meant to say that Chamberlain would NOT accept my Statistics from straighterline. That's the reason for my withdrawal.

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Just finished the Capstone Aug 17, 2013. Now just waiting for all my graduation paper work and my diploma. I have to tell you that it was easier to get the BSN than it was to get the AAS RN. The classes were a whole lot more interesting and a lot easier. Even stuff like the writing requirement and the Research in Nursing were a piece of cake. Statistics was the only thing that gave me a headache.

YES.....it was worth it!

Charlee

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Congrats hard work paid off

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I have to tell you I did Statistics thru EC and the teacher was just awesome! I made a high B in that class and without her I don't think I would have passed. So, just hang in there!

Charlee

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Mudwoman,

I did Stats through EC and it was very challenging. For one, the instructor didn't know how to effectively answer the student's questions, I was in the habit of saying he didn't speak English but rather he spoke "math". He would post answers using tons of math symbols that were often not what was used by our text. I relied on Khan Academy and hours of repeated exercises in "my mathlab". At the end of the course I was explaining concepts to other students (on discussion) better than he was.

Also, as proof I wasn't just a bitter person who didn't try hard enough and.blamed the professor, I pulled an A on the first math course I'd taken since 1992. Needless to say, my course eval was scathing.

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Wow, that is horrible. Sounds like the professor I had for a Biology class. I had a female teacher for Statistics and she was wonderful!!!!!! I hope EC reads the course evals. There are so many good teachers there and when we get a rotten apple I hope they take notice and get rid of them.

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There are so many good teachers there and when we get a rotten apple I hope they take notice and get rid of them.

Yes, I have had mostly great or at least decent professors and a couple not so great ones. The two fabulous ones I have had truly and inspired me even making me want to go further in my education. Truly transformative instructors. Fate smiled on me and sent one of them back to me for Capstone, I really teared up when I saw she was my instructor. All in all, I'm impressed with the level of online instruction.

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