HED0750 — Patient Care Technician
This course is designed to provide the students with the opportunity to integrate their advanced skills with concepts that focus on organizational skills and employability skills specific to the Patient Care Technician. Students further explore the role of unlicensed assistive personnel in health care settings; give and receive end-of-shift reports, follow chain of command, use effective communication skills, understand the characteristics of team member relationships and learn ways to deal with conflict. This is a clinical rotation that takes place in an acute care setting. This is the last course in the Patient Care Technician Program. Students enrolled in this course MUST have completed ALL prerequisites in this program. Upon completion they will be prepared as the cross trained unlicensed worker known as the Patient Care Technician (Industry Title).