DISinOKC

DISinOKC

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About DISinOKC

I'm a disease intervention specialist with the OK state department of health. . . it's a long way of saying I work w/ HIV/STD. Love my job and I'm going to become a nurse to further my career in HIV care.

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  1. What are easy food to make for a youngster who can't cook

    supercook.com is a great website I use. Mind you, part of my original education is learning to cook.... but there are a TON of easy recipes out there. on this site, you just put in your ingredients and it makes of list of recipes you can complete wit...
  2. excited

    Yeah I'm not looking forward to the bill.... but they were the only place I could go part time. I'm not willing to quit a job I'm passionate about to go back to school. If I wasn't passionate, sure I would quit.... But I'm making okay money with grea...
  3. excited

    I'm actually going to OCU, just enrolled and I'm taking pharm in the fall and will start to take more in the spring. It's expensive but my (i don't know what to call her.... role model? I'm not sure, she just knows that I want to do what she's doing)...
  4. Patients should ALL be swabbed tested for HIV

    In Oklahoma the Disease Intervention Specialists are the ones to inform people of their status almost all of the time. That's one of the job requirements we have as well as partner notification and rapid testing. We do all the counseling and referral...
  5. well i was just officially told I was accepted and I go in Tuesday to meet with **** and enroll. hope to see you in the fall!
  6. excited

    I was just informed that I have been officially accepted into my nursing program and I go in next week to enroll. Just had to share! It's going to take me 3 years because I'm having to go part-time, but I'm sure it will go fast. I'm just scared of p...
  7. Ages of male nursing students?

    well, i've been told unofficially to get ready to start my first year of nursing school in the fall... but i'm still waiting on that official letter. . . . I'm 27 and will be starting my BSN.
  8. **** sent my the dean's memo, we CAN start nursing school this fall! I won a door prize and went in to claim it, spoke with ****, she doesn't believe I'll have a problem being accepted into the nursing school (which is good, I've been a little nervo...
  9. Lies of the ER.....

    Well I'm about to start nursing school, but worked as a vet tech for 9 years, 5 years at a 24 hr hospital.... the best one: Her: My husband is on his way home and the dog is stuck. Me: ? Her: MY dog is stuck! It's stuck! What do I do?! Me: We can't t...
  10. I went to an open house at OCU and talked with a couple of the profs in the undergrad and graduate level. I can't remember their names right now, but the undergrad said it would be possible... so I'm just waiting on Julie to email me back. I should g...
  11. I totally get planning your future. From what I understand, OCU is one of the best schools out there, and my adviser (i'll call her that, she's doing the job I want to do at the VA) really pushed me to go to OCU if possible. The other schools are go...
  12. Wellllll being ONLY 25, I don't think it'll be an issue. I'm 27 btw. In my opinion, it's totally reasonable to finish school first before starting to have children. You'll have a good job, great benefits (hopefully), and a pretty good schedule depend...
  13. part-time schools

    that's what I thought.... oh well. What's a little debt? I didn't want to buy a house or a new car for the next 10 years anyways. . . who needs vacation, new clothes, or anything shiny? PFFFTTTTT.
  14. part-time schools

    Welllllll..... it looks like OCU is my only option, but figured I would ask anyways. Are there any other part time nursing schools in the metro area? I've already earned a BS degree in nutrition, so my pre reqs are all taken care of. I started an MBA...