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Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant (CPCT/A)

National Healthcareer Association (NHA)

Certification

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Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals rely on patient care technicians to assist with the critical day-to-day care some patients require. They provide hands-on assistance to serve patients' basic needs, which greatly impacts the lives of their patients and their patients' families.

Format

Hybrid

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Program Details

Detailed information about this program

Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals rely on patient care technicians to assist with the critical day-to-day care some patients require. They provide hands-on assistance to serve patients' basic needs, which greatly impacts the lives of their patients and their patients' families.

Requirements

What you need to earn this credential

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Scholarships

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Provide basic patient care — bathing, feeding, catheter care, etc.
  • Acquire, distribute and administer patient care supplies
  • Perform safety checks and ensure cleanliness in patient rooms
  • Accommodate any additional patient needs
  • Obtain EKG readings and monitor vital signs
  • Perform phlebotomy procedures
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Nursing Assistants31-1131.00
  • Orderlies31-1132.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

Auto-populated·from NSX Competency Framework

Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Certification)

  • Multi-patient assignments — organize and prioritize across an 8-resident hallway on a routine shift.
  • Restorative-care tasks (range-of-motion exercises, ambulation programs) — perform per the care plan independently.
  • Common medical equipment (Hoyer lifts, oxygen concentrators, suction units) — operate safely under nurse direction.
  • Subtle changes in resident status — recognize and escalate appropriately to the licensed nurse.
  • End-of-life and dementia-care techniques — apply with patience and dignity on assigned residents.
  • New CNAs on shift — orient on hall routines and resident-specific care during their first week.
  • Family-member interactions — communicate respectfully and route clinical questions to the nurse.
  • Hospice-eligible residents — support per the care plan with sensitivity to comfort-care goals.
  • Charting in the electronic medical record — complete required fields without nurse follow-up.
  • Care-plan changes — implement on a familiar resident within the same shift.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

Student Outcomes

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