FALL 2012 Credit-Free Courses Continuing Education Classes Beginning September to December Continuing Education Table of Contents General Information & Catalog Requests .............................860-512-2800 Allied Health ................................................................3-5 Credit-Free Programs ...............................................................860-512-2800 Art & Crafts ...............................................................6-10 Director, Ann Bonney [email protected] Boating .........................................................................40 Prog. Assoc., Stephen Campiglio [email protected] Body, Mind & Spirit .................................................11-14 Sec. II, Jessie Bradley ...................................... [email protected] Computer Technology .............................................15-26 Ed. Asst., Mike Jordan-Reilly [email protected] Cuisine ....................................................................27-30 Credit-Free Phone-In Registration ................................ 860-512-3232 Culture & History ....................................................30-32 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday . Mastercard, Visa or Discover Card Dance ......................................................................32-33 Offering courses for professional development and personal enrichment Drama ..........................................................................34 Business & Industry Services ....................................... 860-512-2812 Education ................................................................34-35 Director, Janet Alampi .................................... [email protected] English as a Second Language ......................................35 Providing employers and employees with workplace programs and training Family, Finance & Consumer Issues .........................36-38 Computer Technology .................................................... 860-512-2808 Fitness & Recreation ................................................38-40 Coordinator, Bruce Manning [email protected] Gardening ....................................................................41 Providing state-of-the-art computer training Green Technology & Sustainability ...............................42 Allied Health Programs .................................................. 860-512-2826 Languages ...............................................................43-44 Coordinator, Diane Mitchell [email protected] Music ......................................................................44-47 Preparing students for the State certification exams Noon Institute .........................................................47-49 Excursions in Learning .................................................. 860-512-2804 Nutrition.......................................................................49 Coordinator, Carleigh Cappetta [email protected] Organization of Active Adults .......................................71 Offering courses for high-achieving, academically motivated children Online Academy ......................................................62-70 Credit Extension Courses ............................................. 860-512-2803 Photography ............................................................50-51 Dean, Melanie Haber ........................................ [email protected] Winter/Summer credit extension courses Professional Development ........................................52-58 Real Estate ....................................................................53 Admin. Asst., Gloria Moeller [email protected] Registration Information & Form .............................72-74 Web Registration Information .......................................73 COVER ART: WHITE LINE WOODBLOCK PRINT OF MCC by Stephen Sottile Writing, Publishing & Literature ...............................59-61 (see course listing on page 6) Computer Certification Courses ............................... 15 NEW Fall Excursions in Learning .................................... 75 NEW Satellite Location MCC ON MAIN 903 Main Street, Manchester • www.mcc.commnet.edu/mcc-on-main Directions to “MCC on Main” From Hartford: 1. Route I-84, Exit #59/Providence 2. Onto I-384 East for 4.2 miles 3. Exit #3/Downtown Manchester/ Glastonbury onto South Main St toward Downtown Manchester 4. MCC on Main (903 Main Street) is on the right (across the street from the St. James Church) Directions to MCC available at: www.mcc.commnet.edu/about/directions.php www.mcc.commnet.edu 2 Credit-Free Phone-In Registration 860-512-3232 Allied Health Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Training Program Pharmacy Technician The Certified Nurse Aide program is designed to prepare students Certification Training with the entry-level skills needed to work as a CNA. The course The pharmacy technician provides classroom and practical skill instruction at MCC, and clinical prepares medications under the experience at Manchester Manor Health Care Center, 345 West direction of a pharmacist and may Center St., Manchester. The CNA provides basic patient care under measure, mix, count, label, and the direction of nursing staff and is expected to perform the following record amounts and dosages of tasks: turn and reposition bedridden patients to prevent bedsores; medications. Students will learn answer patients’ call signals; feed patients who are unable to feed medical terminology specific to themselves; observe patients’ conditions; measure and record food the pharmacy, how to read and interpret prescriptions, define drugs by and liquid intake and output and vital signs and report changes to generic and brand names, calculate dosage and I.V. flow rates, drug professional staff; provide patient care by supplying and emptying bed compounding and dose conversion. Procedures regarding prescriptions, pans; apply dressings; help patients walk, exercise, and move in and inventory control, billing, and insurance reimbursement will also be out of bed; bathe, groom, shave, dress, and/or drape patients to prepare discussed. A pharmacy technician receives written prescription or them for surgery, treatment or examination. Students must attend at least refill requests and verifies that information is complete and accurate; 100 hours and achieve a passing grade of 70 or above to sit for the state maintains proper storage and security for drugs; answers telephones exam. Upon completion of the course, approximately $125 will be due and responds to customer questions and requests; fills bottles with when you apply to take the Connecticut State Certification Exam (not prescribed medications; types and affixes labels; assists customers; included in course fee). The instructor will inform students of test dates prices and files prescriptions that have been filled; cleans and helps to and procedures. Required textbook: Basic Skills for Nursing Assistants maintain equipment and work areas; and sterilizes glassware according in Long-term Care (ISBN 9780323022040) textbook/workbook package to prescribed methods. This comprehensive 60-hour course prepares ($58) available at MCC Bookstore. students for an entry-level position in a community hospital, long-term CRN #31151 28 sessions: 10 Tuesdays & 10 Thursdays, 9/11-11/15, care setting, or pharmacy and is an excellent review for the Pharmacy 6-9 p.m. MCC Bldg. LRC B125 & 8 Saturdays, 9/29-11/17, Technician Certification Board (PTCB) national certification exam. The 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Manchester Manor Health Care Center Students must course fee includes the textbook, but does not include the PTCB exam wear a white uniform or scrubs to clinical. (Make-up dates 11/20 & fee, nor will the exam be given at MCC; please check the PTCB website 12/8) Fee: $899 for more exam information (www.ptcb.org). Students should bring a Instructor: Andrea Dillon, RN, M.Ed., has been a nurse since 1974 and calculator to class. an instructor for many years; Assistant Clinical: JoAnn Thulin, RN, CRN #31149 20 sessions: 10 Mondays & 10 Wednesdays, 9/10-11/26 APN, has many years of experience as an Advanced Practice Nurse. (does not meet 10/8, 10/31 & 11/21), 6-9 p.m. (Make-up date 11/28) MCC Bldg. LRC B144 Fee: $775 Instructors: Members of the Connecticut Pharmacists Association Registration Information Medical Information for the Following Programs: for the Following Programs: • Certified Nurse Aide • Pharmacy Technician* • Certified Nurse Aide • EMT • Phlebotomy Technician • Phlebotomy Technician • Students who have successfully completed a prior college-level • At least one week prior to the start of the clinical experience, course may proceed directly to the Registrar’s Office. Please bring students must provide the College with documentation of the your college transcript with you. following: a physical exam and negative PPD (Mantoux skin test • Students who have not successfully completed a prior college- for tuberculosis), both within the last 12 months; and immunizations level course must first take a reading comprehension test* at no for Rubella (German Measles); Rubeola (Regular Measles–2 doses cost. It will last approximately one hour. The test will be given separated by at least 30 days); Varicella Zoster (chicken pox) or a every Monday and Wednesday from 1-3 p.m. (except holidays), clear history;