12/20/24
Skills Training Division holds pinning ceremony program completers
Gadsden, Ala. – The Gadsden State Community College Skills Training Division recognized students earning their certification as medication assistants, advanced nursing assistants and phlebotomist during a pinning ceremony Dec. 17 in the Science Building on the East Broad Campus.
The 11-week Advanced Nursing Assistant Program is designed to meet the growing needs of the community’s healthcare system. It prepares students to perform routine nursing-related services, including phlebotomy, to patients in hospitals or long-term care facilities.
Completers of the Advanced Nursing Assistant/Phlebotomy Program are:
Altoona – Samantha Burns
Attalla – Kynzlon Gibbs, Baylor Gilmer and Sydney McGuire
Gadsden – Indyia Johnson and Erykah Watson
Hokes Bluff – Olivia Freitag
Munford – Ashley Gilliam
Rainbow City – Chloe Prather
All completers have passed the Certified Nursing Assistant Examination. Four students – Samantha Burns, Kynzlon Gibbs, Ashley Gilliam and Sydney McGuire – passed the Certified Phlebotomy Technician Examination as well.
The Medication Assistant Program, designed to complete in five weeks, prepares students to administer routine medications to patients in healthcare facilities, like nursing homes and assisted living environments.
Completers of the Medication Assistant Program are:
Collinsville – Ana Barrientos and Reggie Keller
Gadsden – Ashley Gary, Carla Lawler and Kimberly McElrath
Jacksonville – Rashae Hartness
Piedmont – Kaitlyn McGatha
Ragland – Bettie Keller
Wellington – Teresa Miller
Weaver – Toni Stevenson
Students are prepared to sit for the Medication Aide Certification Examination.
For more information on the programs offered through Gadsden State’s Skills Training Division contact Baisha Woody, director of Skills Training, at bwoody@gadsdenstate.edu or visit www.gadsdenstate.edu/skills-training.