Non-Credit Healthcare Courses Offered by Walters State | Rogersville

Courses include Certified Nursing Technician, Phlebotomy Technician, and Certified Dental Assistant. For a limited time, these courses are offered with a 25% discount.

The college also offers monthly courses in basic life support skills and blood-borne pathogens.

• Certified Assistant Nurse (AIIC), July 19-Oct. 4, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., reduced price, $899.

A CNA provides basic routine patient care, including assistance with meals or exercise, personal hygiene, taking vital signs, and reporting symptoms that may indicate illness. Most work in long-term care facilities while some work in other health care settings. This program is divided into three learning components that include lectures, a classroom skills lab, and 35 hours of supervised clinical patient care in a long-term care facility.

• Phlebotomy Technician, 23 May-August. 3, Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., reduced rate, $1,500.

This class combines classroom training and professional training to provide instruction on venipuncture, the process of taking blood samples, or placing injections. Students are ready to take blood samples from patients. For the certificate, 40 successful venipunctures (sticks) in a clinical setting are required. This is optional for the course, but is a requirement for students planning to take the National Healthcareer Association certification exam.

• Certified dental assistant, July 26-Dec. 15, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 to 9 p.m., reduced cost of $2,250.

The class is approved by the Tennessee Board of Dentistry and covers all aspects of dentistry including anatomy and physiology, tooth morphology, infection control and restorative dentistry and the use of radiology in the dental clinic. Students must complete 30 hours of observation in a dental office outside of class hours. Graduates of this course will be eligible to register as a dental assistant with the Tennessee Board of Dentistry.

• Clinical medical assistant – May 2-Sept. 26, 5:30-9 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, reduced rate, $3,000.

Students will be prepared to assist physicians by performing functions related to the clinical responsibilities of a medical office. Students learn how to prepare patients for examination and treatment, routine laboratory procedures, diagnostic testing, and technical skills of phlebotomy. The class also covers taking and documenting vital signs, placing heart leads, and administering medication.

• Phlebotomy Technician, July 12-Sept. 15, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30-9 p.m., reduced rate, $1,500.

This class combines classroom training and professional training to provide instruction on venipuncture, the process of taking blood samples, or placing injections. Students are ready to take blood samples from patients. Forty successful venipunctures (sticks) in a clinical setting are required for students planning to take the National Healthcareer Association certification exam.

• Certified Dental Assistant, July 26-Dec. 15, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 to 9 p.m., reduced cost of $2,250.

The class is approved by the Tennessee Board of Dentistry and covers all aspects of dentistry including anatomy and physiology, tooth morphology, infection control and restorative dentistry and the use of radiology in the dental clinic. Students must complete 30 hours of observation in a dental office outside of class hours. Graduates of this course will be eligible to register as a dental assistant with the Tennessee Board of Dentistry.

• Rlicensed dental assistant, June 6-Nov. 9, Mondays and Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m., reduced cost $2,250.

The class is approved by the Tennessee Board of Dentistry and covers all aspects of dentistry including anatomy and physiology, tooth morphology, infection control and restorative dentistry and the use of radiology in the dental clinic. Students must complete 30 hours of observation in a dental office outside of class hours. Graduates of this course will be eligible to register as a dental assistant with the Tennessee Board of Dentistry.