UTA NURS 5327

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I am in week 4 of my first online MSN class at UTA. My concept paper was turned in 2 days ago. I am sweating bullets thinking that I may fail this class with a grade of 82. That's right, C is the new F when you enter the graduate program.

It is a lot of pressure and I hope that my posts throughout my journey will help others who come along after me.

My advice so far:

1. STUDY and READ everything for that first open book quiz. There are only a few questions and you will fret over each one.

2. Post your best to the discussion board. They really do read each one and will reduce your score if you are not quite grasping the class concepts.

3. Get ahead and stay ahead.

4. Do not get behind.

5. Read the rubric and be sure to include each element in your papers and presentations.

I will update as time goes by. Thanks and good luck to everyone else in the program now and in the future.

Specializes in Psychiatric, hospice.

OMG I am taking that class in January and I was told that it was one of the easiest ones. I'm scared now.

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@trinity master

I just finished taking the Stats exam for Research course...you were not kidding! Did not do well at all even though I got an A in undergrad Stats. Now I'm just hoping that my EBP paper is high enough to get by with a C and be done with it. Thank God I got an A in Theory, or I would be spazzing right now. Soooo ready to be done with these theory/research classes. I much prefer the concrete answers of Patho.

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Specializes in Long Term Acute Care, TCU.

Research was a bear, but you will be okay.

Theory and research is one of the easiest classes in terms of intensity. Ten weeks to do all of the work is much better than five. Like all the other classes, it is incredibly easy to lose a lot of points for minor mistakes. Everything is expected to be perfectly in-line with the rubric.

Whatever you do, stick with what you started. This is your career.

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Specializes in Occupational health, Corrections, PACU.

Just adding my two cents here. I had been in an Adult NP program at one time. I was a Summa Cum Laude 4.0 BSN grad from a major university nursing school in Texas. I took advanced patho - easy A. I love pathophys and it is logical, gotta love Biology. I took Advanced Health Promotion and education (or something like that, cannot remember the exact title of the course). A-again. It was tedious, but okay, and it was interesting and useful. I got to the Theory course and although I am very good with "theoretical" concepts and courses (I have 45 hours of psych and another 12 hours of Sociology from my BS days), I thought the Theory course and the demands, AND the instruction were ridiculous. While PA students go to school with the med students and get to do Gross Anatomy cadaver dissection and in-depth radiology courses with the baby-docs-to-be, NP programs whose goal is to churn out outstanding clinicians absolutely weight us down with their theory babble and research bullsh**. We are mired in it. Look how much effort and time and stress you have put forth...for what? To pass a theory course? I understand the need for academics to promote the profession, and for those who choose that route, that is fine. But if we want to become proficient clinicians and providers of care, we should stand up for ourselves and create a movement to get the NLN to change the curriculum to lessen the demand of these courses that drain our energy and time, and RE-Focus on the clinical care courses, the hard-core, nitty gritty diagnostics and A&P that we need to know. I was trying to work and go to NP school, and the Theory course simply made it unbearable. I was not going to stress myself out that much over that kind of course. If the NLN wants to say they need better NP graduates that are top notch providers of care, then they need to reassess how PA's get their training. Instead, the NLN has tried to pass the rule that now NP's must have a doctorate. WRONG path to the goal of better clinicians. I hope that when you get out, or as you go through, you will help start a movement to get rid of needless academic time on courses like this. I was too old to pursue a PA degree, so I am okay with just having my BSN. I would have been a very good NP, but in my mind, not worth the grief of getting through bull**** courses like theory and research. I've done enough in my undergrad time. I wish you all the best of luck in your programs. I hope for better for the future MS students.

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Specializes in Long Term Acute Care, TCU.

I would not mind the theory and research, so long as it was only one class. We have a theory, a research, and a combined theory and research class. Too much unless you are working toward an MSN in education. I would rather see more time devoted to business aspects in the administration MSN. I would love to teach, however, with an MSN in education I would make approximately 58% of my income for putting in much more time than I am at the moment.

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Specializes in Long Term Acute Care, TCU.

Quick update:

My letter to the editor that had to be written for NURS 5343 was published in the American Journal of Nursing.

Kind of cool.

The curriculum class, NURS 5302, was neat. You have to lead a discussion board which is a different experience.

So far, I have started every class with trepidation and dismay wondering why I am putting myself through this.

At the end of each class I am thrilled to be one step closer to my goal.

I will make a post for 5302 in a couple of weeks.

Remember: Read the rubric, respect the rubric, be the rubric

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Specializes in Urgent Care, Oncology.

It has been several years - how did this end for all of you? I'm graduating this semester from the RN-BSN program and looking to continue with the MSN Ed. program.

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Also wondering how it went. I guess you all passed since it has been 4 years now. I got my ADN May 2014 and fought instructors to finish with my 3.49 gpa. I got my BSN May 2018 (at UTA) and finished those courses at 4.0. I have been a med-surg nurse for 5 years and am certified in med-surg. I am wanting to continue on for my MSN in Education. But these posts are pretty scary! Is this course that bad? Are the other courses for MSN that rough as well? I will be working full time, married, with a high-school band girl. I can't be freaking out about grades. I don't want to think I will constantly be worried about failing with an 82. Any advice anyone?

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I am currently working on my module 3 assignment: ind two published, original sources in which researchers used the theory as a framework, and/or the concept of interest to support their research. Discuss how those researchers utilized the theory (and/or the concept of interest) to support their research. Include in the discussion of each study the purpose of the study, how the researchers used the theory in their study, how the researchers used the concept of interest in their study, and how the researchers theoretically and operationally defined the concept of interest.

So I am using the example paper posted as a guide but I am having a hard time theoretically/operationally defining. can someone please please help me out

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I'm in the class too and my understanding is the operation is how the research was conducted. So you would relate your nursing theory model (depending on what it is - a grand or middle theory) to the research study methods and what is being studied. If it's a qualitative, how was the model used in the study? Instructions are vague and it seems no room for error or correction :/

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I just hope what I wrote is correct and makes sense I just follow the rubric and example paper to the T

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