PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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Must be a CNA in good standing on the MBON registry.
Must have worked or trained as a CNA in the last 2 years.
Purchase the textbook available at the College Bookstore.
Have a current CPR for Health provider certification.
Be computer literate and have access to the Internet.
Textbook
Textbook is required at first class, “Advanced Skills for Nursing
Assistants (Carter). Both textbook and workbook are needed.
ISBN 978-0-7817-8067-4. They are available for purchase in the
College’s Bookstore located on the first floor of Largo Student
Center.
Topics
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Infection Control
Safety
Basic Anatomy & Physiology
Electrocardiography (EKG)
Phlebotomy
Specimen Collections
Oxygen Therapy
Tracheostomy Care
Glucose Monitoring
Professionalism
Patient Care Technician
This Prince George’s Community College 88-hour program
provides skills training and basic knowledge in the
maintenance of the ill or long-term patient. Students who
successfully complete this program will be awarded a
certificate and can sit for the PCT national exam.
PCT REQUIRED COURSE
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To prepare students to provide safe, quality, customerfocused care to residents/patients
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To provide competent care to an assigned group of
patients according to an established plan of care, under
the direction and supervision of a licensed registered
nurse.
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To prepare students to sit for national certification
HES584.
Main Campus
301 Largo Road, Largo, MD 20774
(301) 546-5215
HES 584
Day and Evening Classes
forming for
January 2016
Location: Main Campus, Largo
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Patient Care Technician
HES 584
Patient Care Technician $1000*
This course is designed to advance skills of certified nursing
assistants working in hospitals or other health care settings. It
provides review of anatomy and physiology of major body
systems and medical terminology, legal and ethical issues,
skills training in phlebotomy, electrocardiograms, glucose
monitoring, basic wound care and more.
1/10 – 4/19
Tue
HES 584
T/TH
1/26 – 4/14
Syn #99516
9 :00 am – 4:30 pm
Syn #99523
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm