Hybrid Online 68-hour Medication Aide Course
How the payment plan works
$200 non-refundable deposit due at time of registration
If student enrolls after deposit deadline: Deposit + 1st payment due at time of registration
If student enrolls after 1st payment deadline: Deposit + 1st payment + 2nd payment due at time of registration
Final day to register is the deadline date for the 2nd payment.
Must be a Nurse Aide OR PCA graduate. We will not accept PCA certificates from other schools if we can not verify them (If you do not have either of these certifications ask us about our bridge program)
Tuition: $650 / Start with $200.00 down
All coursework done online
**Students must commit to at least 2 hours a day online**
**Schedule**
1 - 3 hour skills session on campus - Week 1 on Thursday 4pm -7pm
Clinicals -Thursday eves @ 4pm - 7pm
Uniform:
White scrub top (the school provides 1 scrub top)
burgundy scrub pants (student's responsibility)
Requirements
All coursework done online
**Students must commit to at least 2 hours a day online**
**Schedule**
1 - 3 hour skills session on campus - Week 1 on Thursday 4pm -7pm
Clinicals -Thursday eves @ 4pm - 7pm
Uniform:
White scrub top (the school provides 1 scrub top)
burgundy scrub pants (student's responsibility)
Requirements
- Must be a Nurse Aide OR PCA graduate. We will not accept PCA certificates from other schools if we can not verify them (If you do not have either of these certifications ask us about our bridge program)
- Pass 10- Panel Drug Test and Random Drug Test done @ DHEC and /or clinical site discretion
- Pass criminal background check (no felony charges, no assault and battery charges)
- Be at least 18 years old
- A negative TB test report ( before the start of clinicals)
- The ability to read and write English
- All tattoos must be covered
- Nails must be short with no artificial covering
- No facial piercings
- Only ear lobe piercings allowed
- Long hair must be pulled back
- No head scarves or wraps(unless for religious purposes), no caps or hats when in uniform
Hybrid Online Medication Aide 68-hour Course
Course content includes but is not limited to:
1. Preparing for safe administration of medications to clients in assisted living facilities
2. Maintaining aseptic conditions
3. Understanding of basic pharmacology
4. Facilitating client self-administration or assisting with medication administration
5. Following proper procedure for preparing, administering, and maintaining medications; and
6. Following appropriate procedures for documentation and reporting to the licensed healthcare professional on duty at the facility or to the client’s prescriber.
Course content includes but is not limited to:
1. Preparing for safe administration of medications to clients in assisted living facilities
2. Maintaining aseptic conditions
3. Understanding of basic pharmacology
4. Facilitating client self-administration or assisting with medication administration
5. Following proper procedure for preparing, administering, and maintaining medications; and
6. Following appropriate procedures for documentation and reporting to the licensed healthcare professional on duty at the facility or to the client’s prescriber.