Patient Care Assistant/Technician

Patient care technicians/assistants work under the supervision of nursing or medical staff to provide basic patient care in a variety of settings, including clinics, hospitals, urgent care medical facilities, wound care centers, nursing homes, home care agencies or long-term care facilities and physician’s offices.

Doctors, nurses and other health care professionals rely on patient care technicians/assistants to assist with the critical day-to-day care of patients.

The routine tasks of a PCT include:

responding to patient calls and requests for assistance
bathing and dressing patients
assisting with personal hygiene
serving meals
monitoring/recording vital signs

PCTs are required to observe, record and report temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration rates, a patient’s physical, mental, and emotional condition.

A patient care technician must also be able to perform electrocardiograms (EKGs), collect blood samples (phlebotomy) and perform other clinical duties.

Patient Care Assistant (CE Skills Award)

Courses Required:

NUPC 1020 - Patient Care Tech/ Assistant I
NURA 1091 - Patient Care Tech/Assistant II

Patient Care Technician (CE Skills Award)

Courses Required:

NURA 1001 - Nurse Aide for Health Care
NURA 1060 - CNA Clinical
ECRD 1011 - EGK Technician
PLAB 1023 - Phlebotomy Essentials
NURA 2005 - Patient Care Technician Review

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