Admission Requirements:

1. Admission to NVCC.

2. 18 years of age or older or permission of the program head.

3. High school graduate or GED.

4. Completion of one unit or high school algebra and one unit of high school science with C or better grade or completion of college math and science course.

5. Scores on NVCC English and Math placement tests to qualify for ENG 111 and MTH 126. Students who do not receive satisfactory placement scores may take developmental courses to qualify. Developmental courses must be completed before students will be program placed.

6. Current CPR Certification.

7. Attendance at Patient Care Technician information session.

				Credits
				1st Sem.	2nd Sem.	3rd Sem.
	ENG	111	College Composition I or
			SPD 110 Intro. to Speech Communication or
			SPD 126 Interpersonal Communication	3
	HLT	141	Intro. to Medical Terminology	2
	1 MDL	100	Intro. to Medical Lab. Technology	2
	MDL	108	Human Pathogenic Concepts in Health	2
	1 MDL	190	Coordinated Practice: Phlebotomy	4
	NAS	150	Human Biology	4
	EMT	130	ECG Technician		1
	HLT	110	Concepts of Personal and Community Health		2
	HLT	198	Pharmacology		2
	2 NUR	190	Coordinated Practice: Patient Care Skills		5
	3 RAD	195	Topics In: Limited Radiography		3
	RTH	195	Topics In: Resp. Therapy Proc.		1
			SOC 207 Medical Sociology		3
			STD 195 Orientations to Health Care		1
	4 MDL	190	Coordinated Practice: Clinical Patient Care			3
		Total Credits/Semester		17	18	3

Total credits for the Patient Care Technician Certificate = 38.

¹ MDL 100 meets the first 8 weeks of the semester. MDL 190 meets the second eight weeks. Upon successful completion of these two courses, students will be eligible to apply for phlebotomy certification.

² Upon completion of NUR 190 students will be certified in First Aid and eligible to apply for Certified Nurse Assistant certification.

³ Upon successful completion of RAD 195 and one clinical diagnostic module students will be eligible to apply for licensure for Limited Radiography.

⁴ Six weeks, 36 hours per week = 216 clinical hours of clinical patient care.