2023-2024 Catalog

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-150Basic Nurse Assistant Training

7

MRT-110Medical Terminology

3

PHB-110Principles & Practice of Phlebotomy

6

PHB-111Phlebotomy Clinical Practice Seminar

2

PHB-112Phlebotomy Clinical Practice

2

RES-200Basic EKG Application and Theory

2

Suggested Schedule

Semester 1 (10 credit hours)

HSC-150Basic Nurse Assistant Training

7

MRT-110Medical Terminology

3

Semester 2 (8 credit hours)

PHB-110Principles & Practice of Phlebotomy

6

RES-200Basic EKG Application and Theory

2

Semester 3 (4 credit hours)

PHB-111Phlebotomy Clinical Practice Seminar

2

PHB-112Phlebotomy Clinical Practice

2