Advanced Patient Care Skills

Prepare to Become a Patient Care Technician
If you have a current CNA license, you can increase your knowledge and train to work as a patient care technician in hospitals and other health care settings. Patient care technicians are part of a multidisciplinary team, caring for patients who require acute care as well as chronic care.
Advanced Patient Care Skills
In eight weeks, you can be ready for a new career as a patient care technician. For your convenience, this course is offered as a hybrid experience, combining online and classroom instruction. HCC’s partnerships with area hospitals, businesses, and organizations provide aspiring patient care technicians with unique opportunities for rewarding careers.
The entire course is 88 hours. You will earn 8.8 CEUs upon completion of the course.
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After Completing The Course
This HYBRID course prepares certified nursing assistants to work in hospitals and other health care settings as part of a multidisciplinary team caring for patients who require acute care as well as chronic care. Students will expand and deepen their skills in complex health care procedures including phlebotomy, electrocardiograms, glucose monitoring, intravenous therapy, wound care, and urinary catheterization. Students must have a current CNA license. Tuition includes the cost of the textbook and workbook. For additional information, please email NoncreditAlliedHealth@Howardcc.edu or call 443-518-4981. No refund seven days prior to the start date. 8.8 CEUs.