CNA PROGRAM
A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) provides basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff. They perform duties, such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, move patients, and change linens. Certified Nursing Assistants must be licensed by the New York State Department of Health.
What's great about this career? Employment for CNAs is expected to grow 19 percent through 2018.*
The average annual salary for CNAs was $25,140 in May 2010. The top 10% of employees averaged at $34,580 per year.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
*Salary and job growth data is from the U.S. Department of Labor's May 2010 Occupational Employment Statistics and Occupational Outlook Handbook
Our CNA program is a four weeks program that encapsulates training using state of the art equipment.
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HHA PROGRAMY
Home health aides help people who are disabled, chronically ill, or cognitively impaired and older adults, who may need assistance, live in their own homes or in residential facilities instead of in health facilities or institutions. They also assist people in hospices and day programs and help individuals with disabilities go to work and remain engaged in their communities. Most aides work with elderly or physically or mentally disabled clients who need more care than family or friends can provide. Others help discharge hospital patients who have relatively short-term needs.
Aides provide light housekeeping and homemaking tasks such as laundry, change bed linens, shop for food, plan and prepare meals. Aides also may help clients get out of bed, bathe, dress, and groom. Some accompany clients to doctors' appointments or on other errands.
Home health aides provide instruction and psychological support to their clients. They may advise families and patients on nutrition, cleanliness, and household tasks.
The HHA program is a three weeks training program.
COMING SOON: EKG & PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN PROGRAMS
EKG
An electrocardiogram technician (also known as cardiographic technician, ECG tech or EKG tech) is a member of the health care team whose primary duty is the performance of electrocardiograms on patients. An electrocardiogram (often abbreviated EKG or ECG) measures the electrical activity of the heart and can be used to diagnose a range of heart diseases.
The process of taking an ECG involves attaching a series of electrodes to the patient's chest and limbs, and printing a recording on the ECG machine for interpretation. It takes approximately 5 minutes to record a diagnostic ECG.
Cardiographic technicians with advanced training are important in exercise ECG testing Ambulatory BP and in Holter monitor testing. The roles of an ECG technician in stress testing involve taking a patient history, obtaining a baseline ECG, taking initial vital sign measurements, and explaining the procedure.
PHLEBOTOMY
Phlebotomists collect and prepare blood and other specimen for laboratory testing. Phlebotomy is the practice of drawing blood for laboratory testing or transfusion. Phlebotomists may also be responsible for collecting urine samples in order to check for occult blood in the specimen. They maintain collection areas and equipment, and perform record keeping duties.Phlebotomy is one of a variety of allied health or lab technician fields vital to the work of a hospital or medical practice. Doctors rely on blood samples to diagnose a wide variety of diseases and in order to assess the general health of their patients. Phlebotomists are also essential to every blood bank in order to collect each community’s supply of plasma and whole blood for transfusions and other medical procedures and surgeries.
