University of Oklahoma-Accelerated BSN Program

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Hi All,

I'm new to this site and to the field of nursing. Has anyone gone to this school and if so, what did you think?

I live in San Diego, CA, and there is an online program that this school offers. I'm 3 prerequisites away from applying to the school, with a start date of August 08. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nicole

Specializes in NICU.

Hey Laura,

I haven't seen an email from the Health Assessment professor...was it through ANGEL course mail or the OU account?

Also, can you confirm what it is we have to have done by monday for skills lab?

Thanks,

KT

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hi KT

yes it was through Angel...

For skills lab I am reading ch 13 and take the quiz which just for this week it does not need to be done before class....

how do you feel about all the reading for the week???

what clinical group are you in?

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I have yet another question for those in the program about studying tips....

did you find necessary to outline each chapter you read for classes such as Human Experience or Health Assessment????

thanks

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma.

I believe the San Diego Angel is set up a little differently than Glendale, so I can't give you much advice on how to find your calendar information. Our community module was always pretty much empty with no info, and definitely not a calendar. Angel has been up for a few days now, but I haven't explored it completely (enjoying my last few days of break before preceptorship starts).

Studying for 1st semester - Use the module objectives as your guide. Read the material a couple times but focus on what the objectives are asking you and make a study guide from that and you will do well on the exams. Check to see if the text CDROM's have extra quizzes and materials. Wong's and Hockenberry's have helpful text quizzes for Family Focus in 2nd semester. We weren't told about those until it was pretty much too late. I'll see if I can come up with some more tips for 1st semester. It feels like a long time ago so I'm a little shady on that.

Nancerino - I got your PM, but I don't have PM functions. As for help with the 3rd semester, I can certainly tell you NOTHING will be as bad as what you guys just went through. I found Psych relatively easy. Lot's of theory stuff to memorize, and not as much application as A&C I or II. The problem with Psych (as far as clinicals go) for most of us was the sheer volume of paperwork. It was overwhelming, or it may have just been because we were compacting it to 10 weeks. I'm not really sure. In any case, I found A&C II to be easier than A&C I. Definitely builds on everything you have learned up to now. If you have specific questions about 3rd semester let me know.

The evolve book package wasn't as necessary during 3rd semester as 1st and 2nd. I barely even used it. The only book I really used was the Psych Foundations book, and it was pretty easy to just crack the book open the old fashioned way.

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thank you OU09

one more question about the ebooks....I find it to be a great thing to have but I feel that if I use this I wont even use my actual books ...anyway my question is did you find the ebooks to be useful with the quizzes???

thanks

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma.

Yeah, it's actually kind of funny. I could probably sell most all of my books as new and not used. I didn't even open half of them since the e-book package is such a fantastic tool. I'd say I used the e-books about 90% of the time since I started OU 12 months ago. You'll LOVE being able to cut and paste to make your study guides.

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma.

Oh sorry, I just realized you were asking about the e-books and the quizzes. Yes, we used the e-books for the quizzes. It's always best to read the material before taking the quizzes, since the idea is to test your knowledge, but looking something up is a breeze if you really get stumped.

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I believe the San Diego Angel is set up a little differently than Glendale, so I can't give you much advice on how to find your calendar information. Our community module was always pretty much empty with no info, and definitely not a calendar. Angel has been up for a few days now, but I haven't explored it completely (enjoying my last few days of break before preceptorship starts).

Studying for 1st semester - Use the module objectives as your guide. Read the material a couple times but focus on what the objectives are asking you and make a study guide from that and you will do well on the exams. Check to see if the text CDROM's have extra quizzes and materials. Wong's and Hockenberry's have helpful text quizzes for Family Focus in 2nd semester. We weren't told about those until it was pretty much too late. I'll see if I can come up with some more tips for 1st semester. It feels like a long time ago so I'm a little shady on that.

Nancerino - I got your PM, but I don't have PM functions. As for help with the 3rd semester, I can certainly tell you NOTHING will be as bad as what you guys just went through. I found Psych relatively easy. Lot's of theory stuff to memorize, and not as much application as A&C I or II. The problem with Psych (as far as clinicals go) for most of us was the sheer volume of paperwork. It was overwhelming, or it may have just been because we were compacting it to 10 weeks. I'm not really sure. In any case, I found A&C II to be easier than A&C I. Definitely builds on everything you have learned up to now. If you have specific questions about 3rd semester let me know.

The evolve book package wasn't as necessary during 3rd semester as 1st and 2nd. I barely even used it. The only book I really used was the Psych Foundations book, and it was pretty easy to just crack the book open the old fashioned way.

Hey OUgrad. I am starting 3rd semester now. DO you by any chance have any module outlines to share? They broke up our groups, and we used to have a system in place for these things, but it looks like its all about to change!

thanks!

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma.

Hmm, yeah there was a certain person who tried to break up our "cliques" last semester.....nothing ended up changing. So what did they do? Why can't you work with your normal groups?

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I think we might be able to, but everyone is going to have a different schedule which I think might make things more difficult to organize. We have been really great about it so far, but change worries me :(

They actually did break us up this time. So it should be interesting!

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma.

Sorry, that can make things difficult when you are used to working and counting on certain people. I will see if I can drum up some hints and guidelines for Semester 3. Which classes?

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psych and a and c II. i think a and c II should be ok, but psych looks challenging.

thanks!

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