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Admission to associate degree programs requires that an applicant must have graduated from high school with a standard high school diploma or a college ready diploma or have a General Education Diploma (GED) issued by the Department of Education. Admission to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program requires that the applicant hold the Associate in Science in Nursing from a college accredited by an agency approved by the US Department of Education to offer associate degrees. 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Access to the program is competitive and limited. The program includes lecture, laboratory, and clinical components. All students will have clinical rotations at locations designated by the College. The Medical Assisting program will prepare the student to function in a medical office or clinical environment as a medical receptionist, administrative assistant, insurance coder/biller, phlebotomist, EKG Technician and as a back office clinical assistant/patient educator. Medical assistants complete administrative and clinical tasks in the offices of physicians, hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Their duties vary with the location, specialty and size of the practice. This program is a planned sequence of instruction consisting of ten (10) courses including an internship/ practicum. The practicum is a supervised, unpaid experience of 200 contact hours in an ambulatory health care setting performing administrative and clinical procedures and must be completed prior to graduation. Students ready for the practicum experience have completed all other program requirements and are academically eligible for this final phase in the program. After successfully completing this program, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the healthcare delivery system; communicate and use interpersonal skills effectively; demonstrate legal and ethical responsibilities of persons employed in the medical field; recognize and practice safety and security procedures; demonstrate employability skills; demonstrate knowledge of blood borne diseases, including HIV/AIDS; apply basic math and science skills; demonstrate an understanding of anatomy and physiology concepts in both illness and wellness states; perform basic clerical/medical office duties; identify the anatomic structure and function of body systems in relation to services performed by a phlebotomist; recognize and identify collection reagents supplies, equipment and interfering chemical substances; demonstrate skills and knowledge necessary to perform phlebotomy; practice infection control following standard precautions; practice accepted procedures of transporting, accessioning and processing specimens; practice quality assurance and safety; identify legal and ethical responsibilities of an EKG aide; perform patient care techniques in the health care facility; demonstrate knowledge of, apply and use medical instrumentation modalities; demonstrate basic office examination procedures; demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of microbial control and use aseptic techniques; demonstrate minor treatments; demonstrate basic X-Ray procedures; demonstrate knowledge of pharmaceutical principles and administer medications; perform CLIA-waived diagnostic clinical laboratory procedures; ultimately display professional work habits integral to medical assisting."},"ceterms:alternateName":{"en-US":["Medical Assisting"]},"ceterms:subjectWebpage":"http://www.nfc.edu/academics/programs-of-study/certificates/","ceterms:credentialStatusType":{"@type":"ceterms:CredentialAlignmentObject","ceterms:framework":"https://credreg.net/ctdl/terms/CredentialStatus","ceterms:targetNode":"credentialStat:Active","ceterms:frameworkName":{"en-US":"Credential Status"},"ceterms:targetNodeName":{"en-US":"Active"},"ceterms:targetNodeDescription":{"en-US":"Awards of the credential are ongoing."}},"ceterms:learningDeliveryType":[{"@type":"ceterms:CredentialAlignmentObject","ceterms:framework":"https://credreg.net/ctdl/terms/Delivery","ceterms:targetNode":"deliveryType:InPerson","ceterms:frameworkName":{"en-US":"Delivery Type"},"ceterms:targetNodeName":{"en-US":"In-Person Only"},"ceterms:targetNodeDescription":{"en-US":"Delivery is only face-to-face."}}],"ceterms:instructionalProgramType":[{"@type":"ceterms:CredentialAlignmentObject","ceterms:framework":"https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/Default.aspx?y=56","ceterms:targetNode":"https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/cipdetail.aspx?y=56\u0026cip=51.0801","ceterms:codedNotation":"51.0801","ceterms:frameworkName":{"en-US":"Classification of Instructional Programs"},"ceterms:targetNodeName":{"en-US":"Medical/Clinical Assistant."},"ceterms:targetNodeDescription":{"en-US":"A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examination and examination assistance, and the administration of medications and first aid.  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