CERTIFIED PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN/ASSISTANT (CPCT)

Course Objective/Purpose:

This program is intended for students who want to prepare for an exciting, challenging, and rewarding career in healthcare. The Patient Care Technicians perform routine tasks under the supervision of nursing and medical staff.  They answer patients’ call lights, deliver messages, serve meals, make beds, and help patients eat, dress, and bathe.  Techs also may provide skin care to patients: take their temperatures, pulse rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure: and help patients get in and out of bed and walk.  They also may escort patients to operating and examining rooms, keep patients’ rooms neat, set up equipment, store and move supplies, or assist with some procedures.  Techs observe patients’ physical, mental, and emotional conditions and report any change to the nursing or medical staff.           

This 186 hours, course of instruction, prepares individuals for entry-level jobs as a Patient Care Technician.  Graduates may find suitable employment with a Healthcare facility, Doctor’s Office or Clinic, Hospitals, Medical Supply companies, Home health agencies and Insurance companies. Students will learn Clinical skills: Taking patient histories, Taking, and reading vital signs, Patient preparation, and CPR.  Upon successful completion of this program students will receive a certificate of completion and will be eligible for the National Certification through the National Healthcareer Association (NHA). The Graduate will be able to take vital signs and perform basic patient care.