Nursing program becomes popular
- OCCC nursing program unique.
- OCCC collaborating with the University of Oklahoma to help students.
By Amy Crosthwait, News Writing Student
OCCC offers three programs for nursing students, each with its own entrance requirements and application deadlines.
Claire D. Echols, Academic Advising coordinator for Health Professions, recommends students interested in nursing begin by “starting with a strategy for getting into the program.”
Echols also suggested keeping grade point averages at their highest.
“Students must learn good critical thinking skills,” she said.
The number of students accepted into the program has increased to 230 to 250 students each year due to a heightened interest, Assistant Director and Nursing professor Debbie Myers said.
Myers said the college still can not accept all of the students qualified for the programs because of the limited available space for classes.
Myers said the college is collaborating with the University of Oklahoma in a program to allow nursing students to stay an extra year at OCCC.
Juniors will be allowed to take classes at OCCC and study the OU nursing curriculum before transferring their senior year to the OU Health and Sciences Center, she said.
