You’ll need
Certifications
✓Before you start, you'll need to get a BLS CPR certificate.
✓They can teach you how to do CPR at your orientation too, so you don't need to do it beforehand.
✓Completion of previous STNA or CNA training or Patient Care Technician/Assistant training.
Education
✓You'll need a high school diploma or GED.
✓Currently enrolled in nursing school and have completed at least one clinical rotation.
Qualifications
✓Patient Care Associate
✓Successful completion of one of the following:
✓Direct patient care experience within the last five years: Performing fundamental skills of vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure) & direct patient care activities ie. Bathing, turning/positioning, toileting
✓Special Consideration: If the candidate has previous direct patient care experience, they may be excused from fundamental training (BCOP) upon completion of successful skills validation. This is in lieu of the above requirements. *
✓You can handle doing many things simultaneously, even when people interrupt you, and still be nice.
✓You know how to use a computer a little.
✓You're good at organizing things.
✓You can talk and listen well to others.