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Online Patient Care Training
Become a Patient Care Technician
Patient care technicians play a critical role at healthcare facilities, assisting with inpatient treatment and helping provide quality of life. The 100% online course will prepare you to work as a patient care technician.
Job Outlook for Patient Care Technician
- The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that patient care professionals, including nursing assistants and orderlies, earn a median annual salary of $28,000.
- The BLS also estimates that job opportunities in the patient care field will grow by 8% by 2028.
Patient Care Technician FAQs
- WHAT DOES A PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN DO?
Patient care technicians help care for patients in healthcare facilities, which include hospitals, medical offices, and long-term care facilities. Specific patient care duties may include:- Helping patients get in and out of bed
- Assisting with patients or mobility
- Tracking patient progress
- Listening to patient concern and communicating these to the primary care provider
- Checking vital signs and collecting samples
- ARE PATIENT CARE TECHNICIANS THE SAME AS CERTIFIED NURSING AIDS?
Essentially, patient care technicians and nursing aids perform the same duties in a healthcare setting. However, patient care technicians may also work under doctors and physical therapist in addition to nurses.
Course Objectives
- Introduction to patient care, legal issues in healthcare, standard precautions and infection control
- Medical terminology, physical examination, patient positioning, bed mobility, range of motion
- Therapeutic exercises, gait, assistive devices, orthosis and prosthesis, transfer techniques
- Wound care and pressure sores, wheelchair management, patient care competency, special topics
Prerequisites and Requirements
There are no prerequisites to take the course.
Curriculum
- INTRODUCTION TO PATIENT CARE
- INFECTION CONTROL & STANDARD PRECAUTION
- LEGAL ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE
- INTRODUCTION TO ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
- MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
- PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT & EXAMINATION
- PATIENT POSITIONING AND BED MOBILITY TECHNIQUES
- RANGE OF MOTION
- THERAPEUTIC EXERCISES
- GAIT
- ASSISTIVE DEVICES
- ORTHOSIS AND PROSTHESIS
- TRANSFER TECHNIQUES
- WOUND CARE AND PRESSURE SORES
- WHEELCHAIR MANAGEMENT
- PATIENT CARE COMPETENCY
- SPECIAL TOPICS
Instructor
- Jacqueline Garcia
Jacqueline Garcia is a Certified Postsecondary Professional Instructor (CPPI), specializing in patient care education. Beyond actively training future patient care technicians, she develops academic content and curriculum for a number of programs.
Registration and Enrollment
This course is 100% online. Start anytime.