The primary mission of the Patient Care Assisting program is to provide quality educational training designed to meet the current and future needs of the Health Science community.
Toward this end the following guidelines are established: assist students to choose, prepare for, enter, and be gainfully employed in the health science career field; offer a program which emphasizes sound fundamentals while responding to the needs of this particular industry; and provide courses to meet current and specific needs of the student and this industry.
This program is designed to prepare students for employment as advanced Cross Trained Nursing Assistants, the industry title is Patient Care Technician, or Health Care Technicians, Patient Care Assistants, Nursing Aides and Orderlies, Home Health Aides, Phlebotomists, Electrocardiograph Aides, or Allied Health Assistants; and to provide supplemental training for persons previously or currently employed in any of these occupations. The program offers a broad foundation of knowledge and skills, expanding the traditional role of the nursing assistant.
This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the above listed elements of the health care industry.
This program is 600 hours in length, or approximately 8 months of full-time enrollment is necessary to complete this program. The program contains several occupational completion points designed to prepare students for various entry level jobs within this occupational area.
Patient Care Technicians can work in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, private homes, clinics, doctor's offices.
The primary mission of the Patient Care Assisting program is to provide quality educational training designed to meet the current and future needs of the Health Science community.