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Feature Alum: Dianne Pettis
1996 M.S.N.
Nurse Practitioner, PriMed Pediatrics,
Huber Heights, Ohio
"If you see a need, fill it."
At the same time Dianne Pettis needed a project to complete her nurse practitioner degree, fellow church members voiced a need for a healthy lifestyle class. Six years later, that first weight management class Pettis started at Maranatha Christian Fellowship has grown into a health and wellness ministry for church members and the surrounding community.
"The college of nursing's strong community orientation opened a lot of doors for me to do what I like to do, which is community health," Pettis says. She and other volunteer nurses provide health screenings, a speaker series, health fairs, wellness classes, and exercise support groups. "These are the kind of things you don't get paid for, but are the most rewarding."
Favorite WSU Memory: My graduation day. I had to change my thesis topic 10 weeks before graduation -- I had two years' worth of work to complete in two months!
Favorite Quote: "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." Napoleon Hill
Future Plans: Do some writing in the areas of health and weight management. I also have some plays and books in mind, too.
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