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If you’ve ever considered becoming a patient care technician, our in-depth Patient Care Technician course can help you learn important fundamental and practical skills involved in this career. For each patient, a patient care technician is responsible for assisting in activities of daily life, taking vital signs, ensuring patient safety, infection control, personal care, hygiene, assisting with meals, specimen collection and more. Patient Care Technicians are also responsible for recording services performed, as well as monitoring the patient's condition.
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- List the skills and qualities of a patient care technician
- Recognize key elements of ensuring proper patient positioning, safety precautions and patient comfort
- Identify strategies for infection control, disease prevention and emergency care
- Define proper techniques for assisting with medication, nutrition and hygiene needs
- Recall methods for assisting with specimen collections, phlebotomy, and EKG procedures
Patient Care Technician Module 1
Introduction to Healthcare
- Affordable Care Act
- Healthcare System
- Role of the Patient Care Technician
- Professionalism and Work Ethics
- Styles of Communication
- Establishing a Therapeutic Relationship
- Documentation
- Electronic Health Record
- Methods of Recording
Patient Care Technician Module 2
The Patient
- Understanding the Patient as a Person
- Culture
- Communication
- Health Practices
- Patient Rights, Ethics and Laws
- Legal Aspects
- Lifespan Considerations for Older Adults/Elder Abuse
- Ethical Aspects of Nursing
Patient Care Technician Module 3
Body Structure and Pain Management
- Anatomic Terminology
- Abdominal Regions
- Abdominopelvic Quadrants
- Growth and Development
- The Family
- Pain Management
- Comfort
- Rest and Sleep
Patient Care Technician Module 4
Patient Safety
- Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Standard Precautions
- Surgical Asepsis
- Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization
- Workplace Safety
- Body Mechanics
- Patient Safety
Patient Care Technician Module 5
Patient Positioning, Preventing Falls and Emergency Care
- Moving
- Positioning of Patients
- Preventing Falls
- Assisting with Medical Emergencies
- General Rules for Emergencies
Patient Care Technician Module 6
Patient Assessment
- Physical Examination
- Examination Sequence
- Role of the Patient Care Technician
- Vital Signs
- Temperature
- Blood Pressure
- Anthropometric Measurement
- Electrical Conduction System of the Heart
- Electrocardiograph
Patient Care Technician Module 7
Patient Care and Comfort
- Admitting a Patient
- Transferring a Patient
- Discharging a Patient
- Patient’s Room Environment
- Bathing
- Patient Hygiene
- Hand, Foot, and Nail Care
- Dressing and Undressing Patient
Patient Care Technician Module 8
Medication and Nutrition
- Self-Administered Medications
- Other Methods of Medication Administration
- Promoting Nutrition
- Medical Nutrition Therapy
- Therapeutic Diets
- Water
- Intravenous Therapy
Patient Care Technician Module 9
Elimination and Oxygen Needs
- Urinary Elimination
- Bowel Elimination
- Incentive Spirometry
- Oxygen Needs
Patient Care Technician Module 10
Blood and Specimen Collecting and Testing
- Venipuncture Equipment
- Routine Venipuncture
- Specimen Collection
- Capillary Puncture
- Pediatric Phlebotomy
- Physiology of Urine Formation
- Collection of Urine Specimen
- Routine Urinalysis
- Urine Toxicology
Patient Care Technician Module 11
Surgery and Immobility
- Caring for the Surgical Patient
- Sterilization
- Assisting with Surgical Procedures
- Heat and Cold Therapy
- Wound Classification
- Wound Healing
- Exudate and Drainage
- Rehabilitative and Restorative Care
- Chronic Illness and Disability
Patient Care Technician Module 12
Special Care Concerns and Settings
- Caring for Women
- Pregnancy
- Pediatric Patients
- Adolescent Patients
- Caring for the Older Adult
- Caring for Patients with Mental Health Needs
- Caring for Patients with Chronic Conditions
- End of Life Care
- Palliative vs. Curative Care
- Goals of Hospice
**Outlines are subject to change, as courses and materials are updated.**
Ed4Career is committed to being both environmentally conscious and making it easier for you to study! We’re making your education mobile! All of our textbooks are now provided as eTextbooks. You can access them on your laptop, tablet, or mobile device and can study anytime, anywhere.
The move away from physical books to eTextbooks means you get the latest, most up-to-date version available. This also makes your training more accessible, so you can study anywhere you have your phone or tablet. The best part is that all materials are included in your training cost so there are NO extra fees for books!
Upon successful completion of our Patient Care Technician course, students will be prepared, in part, to sit for the NHA Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant (CPCT/A) certification exam.
**Certification exams are not included in the cost of the course.**
Internet Connection
- Broadband or High-Speed - DSL, Cable, and Wireless Connections
*Dial-Up internet connections will result in a diminished online experience. Classroom pages may load slowly and viewing large audio and video files may not be possible.
Hardware Requirements
- Processor - 2GHz Processor or Higher
- Memory - 1 GB RAM Minimum Recommended
PC Software Requirements
- Operating Systems - Windows 7 or higher
- Microsoft Office 2013 or higher. Also, you could use a general Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
- Internet Browsers - Google Chrome is highly recommended
- Cookies MUST be enabled
- Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
- The Kindle Reader App or VitalSource Bookshelf App are needed for many of our courses (No special equipment needed. This can be downloaded for FREE onto your computer.)
- PowerPoint Viewer (if you do not have PowerPoint)
- Adobe PDF Reader
- QuickTime, Windows Media Player &/or Real Player
MAC Software Requirements
- Operating Systems - Mac OS x 10 or higher with Windows
- Mac office programs or a Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
- Internet Browsers- Google Chrome is highly recommended
- Cookies MUST be enabled
- Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
- The Kindle Reader App or VitalSource Bookshelf App are needed for many of our courses (No special equipment needed. This can be downloaded for FREE onto your computer.)
- PowerPoint Viewer (if you do not have PowerPoint)
- Adobe PDF Reader
- Apple QuickTime Media Player