Patient Care Technician, Certificate

Certificate—22 credit hours

Curriculum Code 1506

This program prepares students to function in the role of a patient care technician (PCT) in an acute care setting. The program provides students with a basic foundation in healthcare terminology, nursing assistant skills, cardiac monitoring set-up and techniques, phlebotomy, and venipuncture skills. Graduates of the PCT certificate will be eligible to challenge the national certification exam.

Required Career Courses

22 credit hours as follows:

HSC-150	Basic Nurse Assistant Training	7
MRT-110	Medical Terminology	3
PHB-110	Principles & Practice of Phlebotomy	6
PHB-111	Phlebotomy Clinical Practice Seminar	2
PHB-112	Phlebotomy Clinical Practice	2
RES-200	Basic EKG Application and Theory	2

Suggested Schedule

Semester 1 (10 credit hours)

HSC-150	Basic Nurse Assistant Training	7
MRT-110	Medical Terminology	3

Semester 2 (8 credit hours)

PHB-110	Principles & Practice of Phlebotomy	6
RES-200	Basic EKG Application and Theory	2

Semester 3 (4 credit hours)

PHB-111	Phlebotomy Clinical Practice Seminar	2
PHB-112	Phlebotomy Clinical Practice	2