What is a Patient Care Technician? PCT's are FIRSTLY a State of Florida Licensed CNA: Certified Nursing Assistant's (CNA) is Licensed by the State of Florida Board of Nursing and perform 'Activities of Daily Living' in healthcare.  The PCT's are  Licensed CNA which have additional ADVANCED career clinical skills for working in the Hospital.  Many training center fail to explain to students that the License CNA is the beginning point for all positions that will allow a professional to touch and assist a patient. Even Medical Assistants and EMT's must pass and be a Licensed CNA to work in a Hospital and touch a patient. 

Examination Preparations classes are FAST PACE accelerated classes. This Class is for those who wish to  learn the Clinical Skills, Theories and Written Test skills in a shorter length of time. We make it FAST and EASY to learn.  We wrote the book for the CNA Clinical Skills. You will learn the details required to pass your State of Florida Board of Nursing examination. You will also receive a complete on-line classroom to review and continue to study at home what you learned during your class time.

Get READY to sit for the State of Florida - Board of Nursing - CNA examination here.  New Class Starts Every Week - Walk Ins ALWAYS Welcome This 40 hour CNA Examination Preparation Course will prepare you to sit for the State of Florida Board of Nursing CNA examination.  The class is integrated with both hands on training plus on-line internet videos. The FIRST 4 days are your initial hands on clinical skills training.  During that time our instructors will demonstrative the 4 to 8 minute clinical skill and you will be partnering with other students and practicing the hands on clinical skills. During this hands on portion of your class * Infection Control * Bed Safety * Communication * Hand Washing * Opening and Closing Procedures * as well as all the foundations of bedside care will be instructed and practiced. Next, you will have access to our on-line video CNA classroom so you will be able to continue to review and study the 22 clinical skills.  You will also have access to 4 sample written test to practice and study at home.  Part 2 - You will watch the basic CNA Foundations class on line. This is a 5 hour video presentation of topics a new person in health care needs to know. The second part of your hands of training is optional. We allow all CNA students to re-attend the hands on class again if you choose just before your State of Florida CNA test.  This way you may REFRESH and REVIEW the hands-on clinical skills. This part is optional. Also, our instructors come in 1 Hr early on class day to assist those students who need extra practice time. We now include the Med Tech, Home Health Care, Hospice and the 3 Hour Alzheimer's Intensive in ALL our regular CNA Examination Preparation classes.  These on-line CEU based course will be taken after you pass your CNA Exam so we will report the 7 hrs CEU credit to the Fl Board of Nursing. At Tampa Bay CNA we produce the results of students passing the FIRST TIME! We wrote the book on CNA Training.