dannibal Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum, so I apologize if this has already been addressed elsewhere. I'm wondering what are some ways to get patient contact experience? Specifically, ways that don't require a certification - money is an issue, and the EMT/phlebotomy/etc courses are expensive for me, so I'm wondering if there are other ways that would not cost any money to get the direct patient contact experience? I don't mind volunteering to do it - I just want to get this experience. Thanks for any help! -Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorRRT Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Quality HCE worth your time is going to require a cert. Do yourself a favor and save up the money, instead of limiting yourself to programs that will accept minor HCE, to those that require cert based HCE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alght Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 It's possible to get EMT cert through a volunteer org for free. Other ideas are getting a job as a patient care associate, emergency department volunteer, pharmacy technician, orderly, medical office assistant, or all kinds of volunteer work. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Where do you live? Some hospitals hire patient care techs on the floor (NOT in ER) without any experience or certifications, besides CPR. Try to look online or go directly to the hospital and ask. I only know about it because my hospital did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.