Health Care Assistant

Mr. Bradford  (Natchez Campus)
Mrs. Hawes  (Simpson County Center)

The Health Care Assistant Program prepares the individual to assist in providing health care as a member of the health care team under the direction of a health care profession.  Graduates of the one semester program will be awarded the Certificate of Health Care Assistant.  Students who complete the program may qualify for employment as Homemakers, Nurse Assistants, Long-Term Care Aides, or Home Health Aides in the Mississippi health care industry.

Special admission requirements are:
            1.  Must meet admission requirements for vocational programs.


Freshman Year

                 1st Semester Sem. Hrs.  
              HCA 1115  Basic Health Care Assisting 5  
              HCA 1214  Body Structure and Function 4  
              HCA 1125  Special Care Procedures 5  
              HCA 1312  Home Hlth. & Homemaker Ser. 2  
              AST 1113  Professional Development Skill   3     
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