Do most hospitals require EKG/ Phlebotomy certtification?

[ladybug09]

I've just enrolled in a CNA program in NY and have completed my first week. My ultimate goal is to work in a hospital as a patient care technician and the same school that is offering the CNA course has a combined EKG/Phlebotomy certificate as well. Seeing that my objective is to work in a hospital setting, should I bother spending extra money and taking this course after I complete the CNA program? Is this extra certification necessary to work in a hospital or do most hospitals train the nurse's aides to perform pct skills regardless and don't view it as a necessity? In other words, would the extra certification be necessary and worth it in the long run? Thanks for the feedback :)

[tyhmar6]

Usually not for PCT. At least, in columbus Ohio hospitals, you just need your BLS mostly everything is on the job training

[A.Brook]

At my hospital phlebototmists and monitor techs make more money than CNAs do so I wouldn't even get the CNA unless you want to go back to school to work as a med/surg nurse. However, as a monitor tech you would have more cardiac experience and as a phlebotomist you would have lab experience. It all depends on your future education plans.

[starmickey03, MSN, RN]

All techs at my hospital must be phlebotomy certified. The hospital pays for the training though. And techs that work on telemetry floors (as I do) must perform EKG's, and some of the techs that have cross trained read the monitors.

[Pneumothorax, BSN, RN]

depends on your hospital. at ours we have a "VAT" team and they do the phelbotomy stuff, and techs dont do EKG's unless in er, so... depends on ur facility. Id give them a call and ask what they require :) Save you time and money!