MDCC Holds Fall Health Care Assistant & Phlebotomy Technician Pinning Ceremony
Pictured L to R: Alanna Brown, TaiQuiondria Gladness, Makiryka Akins, Taniya Fulton, Zitlali Oritz and Latasha Stokes
Pictured L to R: Learla Griffin, Arthur Carter, A’Lexus Cooper, Kressie Lindsey, Briana Petty and Janira Williams
MOORHEAD, Miss. (December 11, 2024) – Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) held its Fall 2024 Health Care Assistant & Phlebotomy Technician Pinning Ceremony on Tues., December 10, in the Yeates Fine Arts Auditorium on the MDCC Moorhead campus.
Graduates of the Health Care Assistant program are eligible to sit for the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program Examination. Also known as a certified nursing assistant (CNA), health care assistants work very closely with clients. The assistant provides personal care such as bathing, feeding and dressing while also performing support functions such as taking vital signs, making beds, transporting clients and assisting clients with daily living activities.
Graduates from this program may work in a variety of settings including nursing homes, long term care facilities, personal care facilities, hospitals, home health agencies and private homes.
Phlebotomy is the study or art of drawing blood for diagnosing and treating health problems or for blood donation. People who specialize in this study are called phlebotomy technicians. Phlebotomy technicians work in hospitals, clinics, blood banks, clinical laboratories and diagnostic centers.
Dean of Health Sciences Dr. Patricia Kelly presented the candidates for certification. Phlebotomy Instructor Andrea Richardson presented the certificates to the graduates while Phlebotomy Program Director Dr. Janet Cooper and Health Care Assistant Program Coordinator Traci Mascagni pinned their respective graduates.
