Health Care Technology (HCT) at Eastern Shore Community College
- HCT 101 - Health Care Technician I
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Teaches basic care skills with emphasis on physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients. Covers procedures, communications and interpersonal relations; observation, charting and reporting; care planning, safety and infection control; anatomy and physiology, nutrition and patient feeding; ethics, death and dying. Prepares multi-skiled health care workers to care for patients of various ages with special emphasis on geriatric nursing, home health, long and short term care facilities.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- HCT 102 - Health Care Technician II
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Applies theory through laboratory experience for health care technicians to word in home health, long and short term facilities. Prerequisite:
HCT 101.
Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2-6 hours. Total 4- hours per week.
3-4 credits
- HCT 115 - Medication Administration Training
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Prepares students to safely administer, or to assist in client self-administration of medications in specific settings. Includes practice. Meets curriculum requirements of the State Board of Nursing.
Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2-6 hours. Total 4-8 hours per week.
2-3 credits
- HCT 190 - Coordinated Internship
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Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.
Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
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