Creekview Graduates Earn Patient Care Technician Certification

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Eleven Creekview High School graduates are the Cherokee County School District’s first students to earn national certification as Patient Care Technicians.

The National Health Career Association’s Certification for Patient Care Technicians is recognized throughout the United States, and will help the students earn entry-level healthcare careers at emergency rooms, physician offices and urgent care facilities.

The graduates, who earned the certification as part of the Career Pathways program in Healthcare Science at Creekview, are: Kaylee Barclay, Chandler Clenney, Nicole Crawley, Camille Fahrnbauer, Sarah Greer, Madison Hamby, Peyton Holbrook, German Jimenez, Abigail McMahan, Brianna Moon and Chloe Shepard.

As part of the healthcare science program led by teacher Larry D. Peacock, who also is a registered nurse with a bachelor’s degree in nursing, these graduates spent their senior year studying and performing EKGs, phlebotomy techniques and various lab procedures along with continuing to learn more in-depth human anatomy and physiology.

They also were trained to triage patients suffering from various medical conditions in order to perform their duties as part of their clinical time at Physician’s Express Care locations at Towne Lake, Johns Creek, and Windward Parkway.

They each obtained more than 120 hours of clinical time at Physician’s Express Care under the guidance of Dr. Richard Dukes and his staff of physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Their orientation and clinicals were overseen by COO Mandy Willis and Clinic Director Laurie Sutton.

The students triaged patients for admission, monitored vital signs, obtained patient histories and performed initial testing. They were also responsible for patient data entry and helping with the overall flow of patients throughout the urgent care system.

“I am so excited about having this certification as I leave for the University of Georgia to study pre-nursing,”Creekview graduate Camille Fahrnbauer said. “This certification will help me get a part-time job at Athens Regional or a physician’s office while I am in school. I am hoping it will help me get ahead of other potential nursing majors trying to get into one of the most competitive degrees at UGA.”

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Photo 1: Eleven Creekview High School Class of 2015 graduates are the Cherokee County School District’s first healthcare science students to pass the National Healthcareer Associations Certification for Patient Care Technicians. From left to right, front row: Nicole Crawley, Brianna Moon, Chandler Clenney, Sarah Greer, Abigail McMahan; back row: Peyton Holbrook and German Jimenez. Not pictured: Kaylee Barclay, Camille Fahrnbauer, Madison Hamby and Chloe Shepard.
Photo 2: Graduate Camille Fahrnbauer, left, with Family Nurse Practitioner Esther Crane, who assisted with her training.
Photo credits: Cherokee County School District