Archive for month: January, 2015

I am so excited to start the final semester of nursing school! It has been quite a journey learning so many new things, and this semester is no different. I will admit that venturing into this technology world can be a little intimidating because we are so accustomed to a certain way of doing things: writing essays, participating in discussion boards, in class group projects, and so on. However, I am so excited to experiment with new methods of working and communicating with instructors and classmates. It keeps learning fun. This is my very first blogging experience, it has always been sort of a foreign topic in my life, however, I was happy to learn that it will be utilized immensely this semester. How blogging can relate to critical care or nursing in general was hard understand, but so far it has been a fun journey and there are still many things to discover. It will definitely be an interesting semester full of new experiences, and so far it is going great!

-Roxana Hurtado

By far, I like that through this course we are making good use of technology.

An interactive website for a class???? Well this is the adventure my fellow peers and I will have to embark on for this semester in NRS 420. This will be our first ever interactive website! It seems a little scary but once we have mastered the skills to navigate through the web and manage our own website everything will be a piece of cake. So far it has been a pleasant experience and I am looking forward to the new learning experiences that this class will offer. As far as the dislikes it is too soon to have any I am looking forward to this semester and all the upcoming challenges.

Wow! First day of the LAST semester of nursing school! Honestly, it’s hard to believe that soon, we will all be nurses! I have been looking forward to this semester and after the first day of class, I know that I was excited for all the right reasons! I love that our instructor is only providing us with material one week at a time–because I feel that it will definitely help with time management for all of us! As nursing students, we have two extremes; either we want to get it all done in the beginning and feel ridiculously overwhelmed by all the work we have to get done, or we put it off and procrastinate until we also feel ridiculously overwhelmed by all the work we have to get done.

I do feel a bit intimidated by the amount of different things we are going to be doing online, but I can appreciate that in the world we live in today the better adapt we are to using the technology we have available to use we will benefit greatly from it in the end.

Critical care, Nursing 420, is going to be such a great learning experience and I plan on taking full advantage of the materials provided to make us better future SOON TO BE nurses! Also, I would just like to say there are a LOT of pictures of cupcakes when you use flickr to find pictures of “critical care nurses”.

Wow! I have to say, this technological transition is rocking my world right now. I am incredibly excited to take a different approach to learning, presenting, and even sharing my thoughts. I am excited to learn and advance technologically along with the rest of our generation and be taken out of my comfort zone to learn. However, there are definitely some concerns I am grappling with. One of my dislikes is the idea that all of my entries and thoughts will be public for all to read. As a new graduate searching for jobs, I would be afraid that a potential employer might turn me away based on my “online identity” or thoughts shared throughout the course. I am also worried that I will spend more time than desired in learning how to navigate and complete the various assignments. I know the next few months will be full of learning curves, both in lecture material and technologically. I am excited to be a part of something that has the potential to revolutionize teaching though. I am also looking forward to this new challenge!