Continuing Education Classes in Kansas City, MO

Healthcare Continuing Education, Metropolitan Community College:
With 5 campus locations throughout Kansas City MO, The Healthcare Continuing Education Department at Metropolitan Community College (MCC) provides a wide range of continuing education (CE) certificate courses for nurses and healthcare professionals. Courses include Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), Restorative Nurse Aide (RNA), and Pharmacy Technician among others. Our proud tradition of providing affordable, quality education, connecting with the community, and powering workforce and economic development goes back more than 90 years.

Continuing Education Courses for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals:

Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) Program
Duration: 175 Hours
CNAs are vital in patient care as they perform basic nursing skills for people in long-term care facilities, adult daycare centers, hospitals or homes. Our 75-hour lecture/100-hour clinical training prepares you to take the state board exam (written and skills).

Certified Restorative Nurse Assistant
Duration: 60 Hours
Learn to help patients recover range of motion, strengthening, feeding and other activities for daily living in long-term care facilities, home health care, agencies and private care. You need at least six months of employment as a CNA to take this course.

Certified Medication Technician (CMT)
Duration: 68 Hours
CMTs work in long-term care facilities, home health care, agencies and private duty care. Our program teaches you to assist LPNs or RNs in preparing, administrating and charting medications. Our 60-hour lecture/8-hour clinical training is offered in March and October. You must have a CNA certificate to take this class.

Pharmacy Technician Program
Duration: 75 Hours
Learn to assist pharmacists in preparing and dispensing medication in retail and hospital pharmacies as well as collecting patient info for prescription and billing. Our 75-hour program prepares you to sit for the national exam (PTCB).

Phlebotomy Technician Program
Duration: 184 Hours
Phlebotomists collect blood and urine samples for lab analysis. They usually work under the supervision of physicians, nurses, medical technologists or managers in hospitals, labs or physicians' offices. Our 44-hour lecture/20-hour skills lab/120-hour clinical rotation program prepares you for the national exam.

Medication Aide - Level I
Duration: 18 Hours
Learn to administer medication in residential care facilities and assisted living facilities in Missouri. Our 16-hour lecture/two-hour clinical program is offered January, June and August. (Update course available, duration: 4 hours)

Insulin Administration
Duration: 68 Hours
If you are a medication technician or Level 1 Medication Aide, this program prepares you to administer insulin in long-term care facilities, home health care, agencies, residential care facilities, assisted living facilities or private duty care.