PCT – Make your students
Multiskilled!
Dr. Lynne Clarke
Health Science Department Chair
A.R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet
School
Augusta, GA
What does a PCT do?
Bedmaking
Catheter Care
Feeding tube care
Skin care
Bathing
ADL’s
CPR
Transfers
Oxygen
ROM
TED hose
Vital signs
PPE
Infection Control
Post mortem care
I&O
Incentive spirometry Handheld nebulizer
Ostomy care
Sterile dressing change
Splints
Phlebotomy
Holter monitors
Specimen collection
12 Lead EKG
Point of Care Testing
Beginning a Program
• Parent/student information meetings
• School board approved “Informed Consent”
• Establish clinical contracts with area
healthcare facilities
• Establish relationship with National
Healthcare Association
• Acquire equipment
Parent Meeting
• Explain duties of PCT
• Explain classroom, clinical and lab experiences
• Explain that students will be preforming dermal
punctures and venipunctures under supervision
in lab and clinical settings
• Explain student immunization requirements –
TB, flu, etc.
• Explain course content –
– Rote memorization and application
Informed Consent
• Must be board approved for invasive
procedures
– Usually board attorney is consulted to develop
this document
• Must be signed by parent and student
Clinical Contracts
• Contract must be specific to include invasive
procedures
• Meet with the person who will be directly
responsible for supervising phlebotomy – do they
have special requirements or procedures
• If the facility already has a relationship with a
college or technical college ask for a Word copy of
that contract and change it for your use.
• For free liability insurance contact your local Boy
Scout Council
Clinical Contracts
• Where?
– County Health Department
– Labs
– Doctor’s Offices
– Hospitals
Clinical Opportunities
• You can also bring the clinical opportunity the
student:
– Offer fasting blood sugar testing to the faculty and
staff
– Ask a local lab to run cholesterol testing for faculty
and staff on blood drawn by the students
– Ask your hospital or local facility to provide health
screening that your students can assist with
NHA
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Website: nhanow.org
Contact them to find out the rep for your area
Print course objectives
Consider ordering test preparation materials
- under $200
NHA
NCCT
Acquire Equipment
BP cuffs – students should purchase
Moore Medical
Acquire Equipment
Phlebotomy
• Issue each student a set of basic phlebotomy
equipment and a zip lock bag
• Use that equipment to practice on tangerine
or banana BEFORE using manikin arm!
• Break skills down into small steps
Acquire Equipment
Phlebotomy
Nasco
Acquire Equipment
Phlebotomy
• Talk with local labs, hospitals and MD offices
for expired or unused supplies
Acquire Equipment
EKG machine
• Contact local hospital or MD office for surplus
equipment
• There will be surplus equipment due to
changes in health care laws!
• If local agencies do not have surplus then ask
for names of reps from companies they deal
with – may have to write “mini-grant”
Acquire Equipment
Holter Monitor
• Talk with local MD office or hospital about
“broken” machine
• You don’t need a working machine because
you won’t be transmitting the test anywhere!
Acquire Equipment
Blood Glucose Monitors
• Get name of representative for type of
monitor used by your local providers.
• Contact the rep for that company and BEG!
Textbooks?
I have not found a good, single textbook so…
We use 3 books:
- a C.N.A. text
- a Phlebotomy text
- an EKG text
Test Prep
• Students fail tests for 3 reasons:
– Don’t know material
– Don’t read question
– Not familiar with terminology
Daily Reviews
• Put 5-10 multiple choice questions on Power
Point and make it a bell ringer
The best thing about the shops at
the Canal at the Venice Casino was:
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A. the slot machines
B. the exclusive, expensive shops
C. the cheap taxi fare to get there
D. the chocolate covered strawberries at the
Godiva Chocolate Shop
The best thing about the shops at
the Canal at the Venice Casino was:
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A. the slot machines
B. the exclusive, expensive shops
C. the cheap taxi fare to get there
D. the chocolate covered strawberries at the
Godiva Chocolate Shop
Peer Pressure
• Print large poster with heading:
2013-14 ARJ PCT’S
STUDENTS SIGN AS THEY EXIT COMPUTER LAB
AND HAVE PASSED THE TEST. NO ONE WANTS TO
BE THE PERSON WHO DOESN’T GET TO SIGN!