Patient Care Technician Skills (NCE221)

Patient Care Technician Skills covers tasks you would need to complete while working in a hospital but is designed primarily to prepare you for success in nursing school. The NCE221 class meets a need with students not being successful in Block 1 of nursing school.

We will cover learning styles and then try out different note taking styles to see which helps you better with content. We will do more case studies and active learning methods similar to what you see in nursing school. We will learn NCLEX-style questions like you see in nursing school and have simulation similar to nursing school. We cover Foley catheter insertion, which is the same skill as Block 1 and blood draw is similar to IV insertion you would see in Block 2.

Course Description: Patient care technician skills and techniques which include: drawing blood, performing a variety of specimen collections, observing and reporting patient status, assisting in patient preparation and electrode placement for electrocardiograms, suctioning patients, performing urinary catheterizations, documentation and reporting of skill completion, maintaining patient confidentiality, and recognizing legal and ethical commitments related to patient care technician skills.

Prerequisites: Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), Nurse Assistant course or equivalent within the past year, and permission of Continuing Education Program Director and/or Instructor.