Patient Care Technician
•The Patient Care Technician (Aide) will provide a cross-trained health care worker.
With multiple exit points, the program will training in basic nursing assistant,
phlebotomy, electrocardiograph, and advanced nurse assisting skills.
•Students will be trained in the skill of Phlebotomy including venipuncture, capillary
punctures, blood cultures, specimen processing, data entry, laboratory safety
,quality control, and laboratory billing; Electrocardiography including detailed
anatomy of the heart, measuring the rhythm of the heart, and identifying
abnormalities EKG waves; Nurse Assistant including checking blood pressure,
temperature, pulse, respiration, patient’s hygiene, charting in medical records, the
nurse process, wound care, bed making, and restraints.
•List of occupations: Nurse Assistant, Patient Care Technician, Home Health
Aide, Phlebotomist, EKG Technician, Private Sitter
Diploma Requirements
•Introduction to Christian Education 3 credits
•Anatomy of Human Body 4 credits
•Medical Terminology 3 credits
•CPR or Emergency Response 1 credit
•Introduction to Health Care 3 credits
•PCT Basic Nursing Skills I 4 credits
•PCT Advance Nursing Skills II 4 credits
•PCT Nursing Clinical I & II 8 credits (4 each)
•Introduction to Phlebotomy 4 credits
•Phlebotomy Clinical I 5 credits
•Introduction to EKG 3 credits
•EKG Clinical 1 credit
•Total: 43 credits
Suggested Courses Sequence
Semester 1 Semester 2
Anatomy of Human Body Advance Nursing Skills II
Medical Terminology Advance Nursing Clinical II
CPR Introduction to Phlebotomy
Introduction to Health Care Phlebotomy Clinical I
Basic Nursing Skills I
Nursing Clinical I
Semester 3
Introduction to EKG
EKG Clinical
Religion Elective