Healthcare Training

You will explore the root words, suffixes and prefixes of the vocabulary used in medical offices, hospitals and other health settings. Students review the nervous, skeletal, cardiovascular, muscle and other major systems of the human body, and you will discuss terms related to physiology, anatomy and pathological conditions. Students learn to spell, define and pronounce common medical terms.

In this course you will learn all the necessary guidelines for diagnostic and procedural coding from medical reports for services provided in healthcare settings for the following IDC-10, CPT and HCPCS classifications: anesthesia, general surgery, integumentary system, musculoskeletal system, respiratory system and cardiovascular system.

Medications course follows standardized curriculum approved by the Maine State Board of Nursing. The purpose of this course is to teach experienced certified nurses assistants to administer selected noninjectable medications to patients who are 4 years of age and older. This standardized medication course will provide the basis of understanding needed for the certified nursing assistant (CNA) to administer medications accurately and safely. Please call Sue at 282-3883 to receive your application and schedule your CASAS Testing. Prerequisites: Reading score 244, worked as a CNA for 2080 hours.

This is a Maine State Approved Certified Nursing Assistant training course. There are 180 course hours which prepare students to become C.N.A. certified (90 classroom hours, 20 lab hours, and 70 clinical hours). Routine tasks required for personal nursing care will be taught. Applicants must attend an informational orientation, apply, and be screened for acceptance in accordance with local and Maine State regulations, confirm academic skills through the CASAS Test, and pass a criminal background check. Please call Sue at 282-3883 to receive an application or you may also download the application at our website www.biddeford.maineadulted.org Prerequisites: Reading score 239.