Health Occupations Technician (H.O.T.) 🏥
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General Information
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Locations:
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Orleans Career and Technical Education Center
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Niagara Career and Technical Education Center
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Teachers:
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Elaine Herberger (email: eherberger@onboces.org)
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Rebecca Mahar Price (email: rmaharprice@onboces.org)
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Courtney Slack (email: cslack@onboces.org)
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Laura Vendryes (email: lvendryes@onboces.org)
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Click on the link to watch our students in action:
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Program Details
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Summary:
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The Health Occupations Technician (H.O.T.) program is available to juniors and seniors.
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H.O.T. addresses this demand in a two-year program that focuses on the art and science of providing patient care with real-life experience in a variety of healthcare settings.
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Emphasis is placed on providing safe, reliable, ethical, and a respectful patient care.
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This is a very active program with classroom, lab and clinical components.
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Each of the components is designed to prepare students to care for diverse individuals of all ages, from birth to the end stages of life.
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Students will experience all aspects of the healthcare field from illness and injury to gain real life experience.
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Our students gain first-hand clinical experience in local long term care facilities.
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Using successful completion of HOT Program students are eligible to take the NYS Nursing Assistant Certification exam and enter into the workforce.
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In addition, graduates also develop an foundation on which to make informed decisions regarding their future choices in healthcare employment and potential future education in the healthcare professions.
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Objectives:
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Health Occupations Education Core
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Introduction to Clinical Settings
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Exploratory of Health Fields
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Certified Nurse’s Assistant – Long Term Care (State Certification Exam)
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CPR Certification
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Units of Study
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Nutrition and Diet Therapy
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Life Cycle
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Infection Control
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Rehabilitation
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Home Healthcare
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Ethics and Legalities
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Body Systems and their Functions
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Geriatric Care
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Introduction to Medical Science
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Job Management Skills
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Personal Health
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Patient Care
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Medical Terminology
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How to Enroll
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Orleans/Niagara BOCES partners with local school districts to provide exciting hands-on career and technical training during normal school day.
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To learn more, speak with your high school counselor.
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NYS Approved Program Title & CIP Code
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Nurse/Nurse Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant – 51.1614
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Career Opportunities
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2-Year CTE Program:
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Certified Nursing Assistant, increased demand 9%*
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Associate’s Degree:
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Radiology, increased demand 9%*
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Bachelor’s Degree:
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Registered Nurse, increased demand 12%*
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*Projected national growth for 2016-2026, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
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