About Patient Care Assistant

This program prepares students for employment as advanced cross-trained nursing assistants, patient care assistants, nursing aides, orderlies, and home health aides.

Training includes assisting nurses with sterile procedures, performing dressing changes, assisting patients with bathing, dressing and personal hygiene. Students are eligible to take the state nursing assistant (CNA) examination.

Training focuses on nursing assistant practices with emphasis on the nurse-patient relationship. Graduates may be employed in hospitals, long-term care facilities, clinics, doctors’ offices and home health care settings. In order to take the Patient Care Assisting program and receive a certificate of completion, all of the courses must be taken.


Program Structure

*OCP A, Nursing Assistant, is the foundation of the majority of health-related programs of study. If the student has high school credit for Health Science I and Health Science 2 or an applicant can demonstrate the skills in those courses through a written and performance test for OCP A, the student may start with OCP B, Nursing Aide and Orderly (Articulated).

Dual Enrollment is available for high school students.

Additional Program Details

 

Program Structure Details

Occupational Completion Points (OCPs) - The Patient Care Assistant program is a planned sequence of instruction consisting of four Occupational Completion Points. OCPs provide a student with early completion training options linked to employment opportunities established by the Florida Department of Education based on the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and accepted industry titles. Academic skill level required to complete is not applicable to this program.

Industry Certification/Licensure

During the program, students take the following exam:

• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Florida Department of Health

Program Cost

*Subject to change

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