Patient Care Technician
Patient Care Technicians are certified nursing assistants with special
advanced skills training including phlebotomy, glucose monitoring, EKG,
urinary catheterization, sterile dressing changes and various specimen
collections.
Work Environment:
Employment is found in hospitals and some outpatient settings.
Job Outlook:
Job opportunities are good. The role of the patient care technician continues to evolve and expand. The position also is a good pathway to nursing.
Licensure/Certification:
The applicant must have a current/valid nursing assistant certificate
from the State of Arizona to apply for the program.
Salary:
Patient Care Technicians may earn between $18,000 - $35,000 annually
Program Offerings:
A Certificate of Completion in Patient Care Technician is offered at
Phoenix College. Program completion is 19 weeks. Students attend classes
all day Mondays & Tuesdays for 5 weeks and the program includes
two externships.
For more information contact the Academic Advisor for Health Professions
at 602-285-7427 or visit
http://www.pc.maricopa.edu/healthenhancement/PatientCareTechnician.htm
Block Transfer for Health Professions:
As a student enrolled in Allied Health and Health Professions degrees
and certificate programs at one of the Arizona community colleges, you
have an opportunity to complete your bachelor’s degree through
a statewide pathway. This pathway maximizes the use of your community
college credits towards the degree. To help you understand the pathway
and the route to your degree, use the information that has been prepared
by faculty and advisors from both the community colleges and the Arizona
public universities.
The Arizona public universities and community colleges have established
a unique transfer agreement specifically for the Health Professions
Career programs. Instead of relying on a course-by-course evaluation
of a student’s academic transcript, the faculty agreed that it
would be more appropriate to consider the Associate in Applied Science
(AAS) degrees or Certificates of Completion as “blocks”
for transfer to the university.
Click here for the Block Transfer Flow
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