The Certified Nurse Aide will be prepared to care for patients or residents by performing simple, basic nursing functions, under the supervision of licensed nurses. As a nursing assistant, most of the responsibilities will relate to meeting the basic physical needs of patients and residents, which include hygiene, safety, comfort, nutrition, exercise, and elimination. In addition to taking care of patients' or residents' physical needs, the Certified Nurse Aide will play an important role in meeting patients' or residents' emotional needs. At completion of course, the student will be prepared to sit for the certification exam.

Note: If you are not employed with a long-term care facility at the time you are accepted into a nurse aide training and competency evaluation program, when you become employed or receive an offer of employment within (12) twelve months of completing the program, you will be reimbursed by the long-term care facility that employs you. Reimbursement will be made on a prorated basis. If a student recieves funding from a third party provider (i.e. Government, Career Link, OVR, VETS etc.) the above does not apply.

Approved by Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Job Opportunities

• Hampton House
• HCR Manor Care of Kingston
• Erwine Home Health & Hospice
• BrightStar

Learn the skills you need to become a pharmacy technician in a hospital or retail setting with the Pharmacy Technician Certification Training Program. You'll gain the skills and knowledge to qualify for entry-level positions in pharmacies, and you'll be prepared for national certification.

Pharmacy technicians assist and support licensed pharmacists in providing health care to patients. This Pharmacy Technician Certification Training Program was developed in response to a rising need for trained technicians to work in hospital or retail pharmacies. The pharmacy technician profession has become indispensable to the health care field. With this growing opportunity, however, has also come increased responsibility, and this increased responsibility has made certification an important issue for many industry employers and some state legislatures. Some states now require all individuals who work as pharmacy technicians to become nationally certified.

In all parts of the country, pharmacy technicians must have a broad knowledge of pharmacy practice and must be skilled in the techniques required to order, stock, package, and prepare medications, but they don't need the advanced college education required of a licensed pharmacist. Pharmacy technicians may perform many of the same duties as a pharmacist; however, all of their work must be checked by a pharmacist before medication can be dispensed to a patient.

This program will prepare you for entry-level pharmacy technician positions by teaching you medical and pharmaceutical terminology, basic anatomy related to the pharmacology of medications, and pharmaceutical calculations. You'll learn what information is necessary to process prescriptions and physician orders and apply that knowledge to fill mock prescriptions. The curriculum also includes the ethics of pharmacy practice and education about prescription medications, patient care and interaction, and charges and reimbursement.

You'll learn everything you need to know to pass the National Certification Exam offered by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.

A medical transcriptionist listens to dictated recordings made by physicians and other health care professionals and transcribes the recordings, creating medical reports that eventually become part of patients' permanent files. In the Medical Transcriptionist Training Program, you'll gain the ability to transcribe medical reports and learn the skills you need to obtain an entry-level position as a medical transcriptionist. To become a medical transcriptionist, it's important that you possess excellent editing and proofreading skills. You should have a basic understanding of a word-processing program and be proficient at keyboarding, creating documents, e-mailing, and printing.

Upon successful completion of this program, you'll be able to:

• Describe the importance of the confidential nature of medical reports
• Transcribe medical reports using correct report format and correct capitalization, punctuation, abbreviations, symbols, and metric measurements
• Correctly spell the English and medical terms in addition to the abbreviations, either by memory or by using a dictionary or reference book
• Identify the knowledge, skills, abilities, and responsibilities required of medical transcriptionists

The Medical Billing and Coding class will help you obtain the skills you need to be competitive in the healthcare market, as well as prepare you for a variety of AHIMA certification exams.

This course focuses on Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes and International Classification of Disease –Clinical Modification (ICD-CM) terminology.    In addition, you will be instructed on legal, ethical and regulatory concepts- including HIPPA compliance requirements, industry specific techniques for filing insurance, and performing diagnostic and procedural coding tasks.

The medical industry is experiencing a tremendous demand for individuals with knowledge of medical office operations, which includes diagnostic and procedural coding and insurance forms processing.  According to the American Medical Association, there are more than 1.2 million Medical Billers and Coders in the United States. This profession is listed as one of the fastest growing professions in allied health.

If you're planning on pursuing a career in medical transcription, medical billing or medical coding, physician's secretary or medical support staff, or you just need a review or extra tutoring for your anatomy and physiology classes, or maybe you want a jump start in the medical field before starting college; or perhaps you're just interested in learning the latest in medical language.

Learn and recognize word roots, prefixes, and suffixes used in medical language today. Learn how to combine words to create meaningful medical conditions as well as comprehend their definition and know the correct spelling. In this medical terminology course, we'll cover medical terms related to all major body systems, including: muscular system, skeletal system, respiratory system, circulatory system, digestive system, reproductive system, and urinary system. Whether are new to the medical profession or you just need a refresher class, this medical terminology course is for you!

Thirty-two million people residing in America are Spanish speaking.  This course is customized for a variety of healthcare professionals to help meet the healthcare needs of our Spanish speaking population.  Learn how to communicate and understand your patients and their family members.  Learn the fundamentals with grammar exercises and an interactive dialogue within the classroom setting.  Special attention to proper pronunciation will enable you to communicate clearly and be understood as you address your patients needs and medical requirements.

This course will expose you to the vocabulary and phrases needed to perform your professional duties and responsibilities.  You will learn how to:

• properly greet your patient and or family members.
• provide emotional support.
• provide routine care and discuss/obtain vital signs.
• obtain medical insurance information.
• obtain past medical history and medication record.
• pronounce basic anatomy and major body systems.
• perform physical assessment using the proper terminology.
• set up appointments.
• explain diagnostics tests and medical procedures.
• instruct patient on wound care and medical supplies and equipment.
• explain discharge and follow up instructions.

The health care industry is experiencing a tremendous demand for Spanish speaking professionals.  This course will prepare you with the skills and knowledge to meet the demand as well as expose you to those health care employment opportunities.