Certification Name : Certified Patient Care Technician/Associate/Nurse Technician
Certification ID & Type: 3782 – A – Core
Certification Description
A Certified Patient Care Technician/Associate/Nurse Technician (CPCT/CPCA/CNT) works with doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide direct patient care in a variety of healthcare environments. A CPCT/CPCA/CNT may perform some or all of the following duties. However., they are not limited to just these responsibilities:
Basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff
Feeding, bathing, or moving patients and changing linens
Answer patients’ call lights
Set up equipment
Escort patients to the operating and examining rooms
Gives injections or treatments and performs venipuncture laboratory test
Performs EKG’s.
Certifying Organization
National Healthcareer Association(NHA)(0766)
134 Evergreen Place, 9th Fl., East Orange, NJ, 07018
Contact information : 1800-499-9092 Or 973-678-9100 Fax : 973-678-7305
Organization Web Link
Certification Details
More than two years of education or training after high school required? Yes
More than two years of work experience required? Yes
Either training or work experience required, but not both? No
Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
Renewal Required? Every 2 Years
Renew through Continuing Educational Units(CEU)? Yes
Renew through Re-Examination? No
Renew through Continuing Professional Development(CPD)? No
Does applicant have choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No
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Certification/ Career/ Job Keywords
patient care associate, nurses aid technician