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Average Annual Salaries $31, 670
(Bureau of labor Statistics, 2010)
Employment Opportunities:
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Clients' Homes
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Doctors' offices
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Walk-in Clinics
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Hospitals
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Nursing Homes / Private Clinics
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Laboratories
This program is designed to prepare students for employment as advanced cross trained nursing assistants (patient care technicians), Health Care Technicians, Patient Care Assistants, Nursing Aides and Orderlies, Home Health Aides, or Allied Health Assistants. This program offers a broad foundation of knowledge and skills, expanding the traditional role of the nursing assistant, for both acute and long term care settings.
The program includes, but is not limited to, interpersonal skills, employability skills, medical terminology, legal and ethical responsibilities, safe and efficient work, gerontology, nutrition, pet-facilitated therapy, health and safety including Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) – health care provider level, infection control, home health-care services, nursing assistant skills, basic home health aide skills, phlebotomy skills – safe and efficient work practices in obtaining adequate and correct blood specimens, basic EKG skills.
Administrative skills include: Computer skills, straight numerical, alphabetical and terminal digit filing, medical terminology, scheduling appointments and referrals, creation and submission of medical bills, understanding the financial terms and procedures involved in operating a medial office practice.
The related modules available in this program are:
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Health Science Core
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Articulated Nursing Assistant
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Advanced Home Health Aide
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Patient Care Assistant
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Allied Health Assistant – EKG, Phlebotomy and Unit Coordinator
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Advanced Allied Health Assistant – EKG, Phlebotomy and Unit Coordinator
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Patient Care Technician
For Information Call 904-547-3282
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Financial Aid
available to those who qualify
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