Everywhere I read it's telling me that PTC is a waste of time Please HELP�������

[Misskeena1]

I'm going to be enrolling into Lincoln TeCh Patient Care Tech program July 20th and now that everything is final I'm having second thoughts:***:... A little history on me about my school journey is that I started in 2008 going for my RN had to start at the basic level English 1 Math 1 ect. had two babies and got married the first to years caused a lot of delays. Moved to a different state only ready to start my public speaking that's just how slow things were moving and had some classes added. Had babies #3 in 2012 while taking anatomy needless to say that didn't go well had Hyperemises gravidarum had to take extra long off after that worked as a sitter for the past few years and had baby #4 last year and moved to NJ when the was 3 months, thankfully everything transferred and no new classes applied to the RN program and have been placed on the wait list. Hubby and I really would like for me to achieve my goal! We figured Because of the time its me to be accepted into the nursing program at the community college here I could just go ahead and do the PTC program and be done in 7 months and working in a hostipal within the next year, continue my education from there? Please help IDK what to do?????

[AJJKRN]

A CNA class should be around 6 weeks long including clinicals with taking a certification exam afterwards. Often offered for free at your local Adult Ed or for less than $1000 at your local college (ours is about $600). Usually after your first semester of an RN program, one can sit for the cert. What you're quoting is absolutely insane!

[Misskeena1]

Thanks very helpful!!

[Misskeena1]

Will do very helpful thx so much!

[Misskeena1]

looking into it now thanks so much!

[AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Wow! That is a scam, I would stay far away from that. Go get your CNA OR LNA instead so you can at least become licence and at a 100th of the cost and time!

[Misskeena1]

I've been doing research since last night and I think this I going to be the route I take! I'll just have to take all the certifications one at a time! Thx so much

[Misskeena1]

Going to start my CNA classes asap thx

[HelloWish, ADN, BSN]

My RN program for 2 years is going to cost less than that!!!

[cdsavannah59, CNA]

I got a hospital PCT job with nothing but a little 6 week CNA class under my belt. I never even took the registry exam. What is included jn this program that takes 7 months to complete?

Many hospitals will train someone to be a PCT, some will not. The hospital I work at requires the PCT certificate or transcript proving you took the course, as well as current CNA certificate. They will not hire for PCT job without PCT certificate. Based on what I've seen in healthcare its best to go get the PCT training at tech college or elsewhere because if trained at a hospital for this job, one may find out later in their career that their next job at another hospital they may want that PCT certificate/training transcript instead of counting your previous non certificate employment as PCT no matter how long they were employed.

[CelticGoddess, BSN, RN]

The cost is 16,000 and they have a scholarship for 3,000 just for the PCT so it makes it 13,000

My BSN program cost me less than that. I got both my ADN and my BSN for about 16,000. I would't pay that much. It's not worth it.

[Twinmom06, ASN, APN]

sounds like a for profit school like Fortis - they have a phlebotomy "class" for about the same amount. Crazy!

[calivianya, BSN, RN]

OP, why don't you just waitress or bartend instead. Both of those jobs bring home a lot more money than PCT, and they don't cost $16,000. I wouldn't recommend anybody who has four kids and actually needs money going into a PCT position anyway, let alone paying $16,000 for it. I understand getting your foot in the door, but you can sit for your CNA cert after your first semester of RN school without paying a dime for it. That would be a lot more economical than going to this PCT program.