Patient Care Assistant Certificate

PC21

Program Description

The patient care assistant technical certificate of credit prepares students with rigorous classroom training and practice as well as the clinical experiences to perform a full range of patient care duties or services under nursing or medical direction. This includes taking vital signs, obtaining lab specimens, assisting with activities of daily living, observing and charting patient information, and reporting appropriate information to supervisors. In order to begin the clinical requirements, students must complete tuberculosis skin test, supply proof of immunization, undergo a background check, and submit to a drug screen test. Students who successfully complete the patient care assistant technical certificate of credit may be eligible to sit for the National Nurse Aide Assessment program (NNAAP) which determines competency to become enrolled in the State Nurse Aide Registry. (Program Length: 2 Semester Minimum)

Employment Opportunities

Patient care assistants, nurse aides, nurse assistants, geriatric aides, hospital attendants