Patient Care Technician/Nurse Aide - Akron Adult Vocational Services

Patient Care Technician/Nurse Aide from Akron Adult Vocational Services is a Campus Certificate Clinical Nurse degree that prepares you for a Nursing career. With Adult Vocational Services' (AVS) Nurse Aide program, you will learn how to care for patients , including: * moving and positioning patients in beds or wheelchairs * vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure) * obtaining specimens * reading charts * use of lifter and applications of anti-embolism hose, clinitest and acetest * bathing * back rubs * hair and nail care * feeding and diets * body mechanics * safety of patients * aid and care of equipment * occupied/unoccupied bed making * phlebotomy * cauterization * EKG What you will learn : * Patient Care Technician/Nurse Aide is a 715-hour training program. It includes 26 weeks of classroom training and five weeks of on-the-job training at a nursing home and/or hospital. The course varies in length depending on the size of the class taking the clinical experience and the length of the part-time and full-time training schedules. * The PCT/NA program is certified by the Ohio State Department Adult Vo-Ed Division and approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing. After you complete the course, you will be ready for state TCEP (Training Competency Evaluation Program) testing. * The core curriculum will teach you to: communicate with patients/coworkers; observe and report patients' conditions; maintain a safe and clean working environment; assess vital signs; provide personal care/comfort; transport/transfer/position; and perform CPR. View more details on Akron Adult Vocational Services . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Clinical Nurse courses.