What I like about Nrs. 420:
By far, I like that through this course we are making good use of technology.
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Homework #1
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.
The Start of the Semester
I felt that I blinked and my winter vacation was over. While I was reading through the syllabus to my lecture course “Nursing Complex Client” I thought it would be difficult to find information and navigate through the course because it was presented outside the traditional blackboard format. I was pleasantly surprised to find the webpage format presents information that is more organized and easier to follow.
I am also every excited about the evidence based practice paper. The assignment requires the students to identify a nursing related topic they are interested in and find the related current hospital policy. The next step requires us to find the most current research and compare it to the hospital policy. I feel that the paper’s process will give us tools we will need to implement evidence based practice in our careers.
I also found the group projects interesting as well. The group projects are designed to help present information to the class by our peers. I feel that having information formatted by our peers will help assist in answering questions on topics that are more complicated. In addition, it provides the nursing class with another tool to study for exams.
First Day of NRS420
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”.
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Likes & Dislikes
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!
RoseAnn Fischer
I am excited to finally be in last semester of nursing school. I am anxious to get started on new information that is vital to our education and career! However, this technology thing might be difficult for me but I am up for a challenge.
Likes Versus Dislikes
This post marks my very first blog entry! What I will be discussing includes the likes and dislikes of NRS 420 (Critical Care). Although this semester has only just begun and I am still acquainting myself to the details of the various courses, I do have to say I believe this semester to be extremely different from the rest. Not only will be we preparing for NCLEX, learning material that is much more advanced, job hunting and participating in various application processes, but also learning and incorporating new technology into our learning experiences. At this point, I am unsure as to whether this is a like or dislike, but believe that once I grasp the initial concepts it will definitely be a like. Another aspect of this course that I really like is the fact that we have our own website for the course where we can view crucial dates, syllabi, and additional information. I am extremely excited to be learning more about how to assess and care for the critically ill and believe that this innovative and new approach will definitely assist in that process. At this point in time I really do not have any dislikes, other than tests….just kidding. I think this course will be very beneficial in not only helping me learn new aspects of technology but also in how to widen my scope of caring for others.
Autumn Moon
I am actually enjoying getting out of my comfort zone with technology. I think I will miss having everything on blackboard though. Since we all have other classes, it is nice having to only access one website, but this is a nice change of pace.
Likes & Dislikes
I like that we’re moving toward a more tech-y CI. I do like the traditional pen & paper assignments and class time, but it’s fun to switch things up and this is where the future is headed! Haven’t run into any dislikes yet — I hope it can stay that way 
