Comprehensive Programs: An educational program designed to provide a sequence of educational and skill development experiences that lead to multiple workplace competencies. These programs are designed to prepare individuals for job entry and/or career advancement. These programs are considered occupational programs and are included in the institutional self-study, FTE Calculation and student achievement data collection, and are included on the Council on Educational Occupation (COE) approved program list. These programs are included in the NJ State Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL):

Individuals who want to pursue a career helping people should consider the healthcare industry. In fact, those who want to work in the health care industry in a traditional nurse aid role may want to consider enrolling in our patient care technician program at the National Career Institute. Upon completion, you can acquire additional credential by challenging the national certification exams and become Certified Patient Care Technician, Certified Phlebotomy Technician and Certified EKG Technician.

Becoming A Patient Care Technician

There are several traits that are helpful for students who want to become patient care technicians to have. These include being detail-oriented as well as having people skills. Being able to communicate and interact positively with people is extremely important since the job is primarily focused on working closely with patients. Patient care technicians will be responsible for performing many different tasks, including the following:

Check and read patient vitals, such as blood pressure, pulse and heart rate.
Help doctors perform physical exams.
Monitor and track patient food intake.
Help patients bathe, shave and change clothes.
Make sure that their patients’ rooms are properly sterilized.
Responsible for patients taking their required medications.

These are just some of the tasks that a patient care technician is often responsible for and that our students will be prepared to perform once they have graduated from our program.

Our Patient Care Technician Program

Students who decide to pursue a career as a patient care technician will learn everything that they need to know to prepare them for a job in the patient care technician field once they complete our program. At the National Career Institute, students are required to complete 270 hours or 12 credits in order to graduate from our comprehensive program.

The program focuses primarily on training Certified Nursing Aides in three areas of expertise that include patient care, EKG technicians or phlebotomy technicians. Courses focus on subjects as varied as infection control procedures, anatomy and physiology, quality assurance, special testing procedures, and medical law and ethics.

Patient Care Technician Career Opportunities

Students who complete a patient care technician program will find that there are plenty of career opportunities available to them, and according to the U.S. Department of Labor, these opportunities are only expected to increase in the future. For example, jobs as nursing assistants and orderlies are expected to increase by 17 percent from 2014 to 2024, which is a much faster rate than the average job growth.

One of the reasons for this expected job growth is due to the fact that there are more seniors in need of medical care than ever before. In fact, the Population Reference Bureau projected that the aging of the baby boom generation could result in a 75 percent increase in the number of Americans 65 and older that are in need of nursing home care by 2030.

Anyone who is interested in the growing career opportunities available as a patient care technician should contact us at the National Career Institute for information about enrolling in our patient care technician program today.