10 Reasons Why You Should Be A Registered Member
NAHP School Benefits And Opportunities
Phlebotomy Performance Evaluation
10 Reasons Why You Should Be A Registered Member
1. Having credentials gives you a competitive edge over other individuals seeking employment.
2. Taking the extra step to become registered in the allied health field indicates to the employer that you have gone the extra mile to improve yourself.
3. Having credentials is something that stands out when being viewed for employment or promotions.
4. Competency Assuredness is becoming mandatory in many states.
5. In most cases, individuals who possessed credentials were started at a higher pay level than those individuals without credentials.
6. A recent study was done of those individuals obtaining credentials. The findings were that of the 100 members surveyed, 76 members tested while still in school. Of those, 97% were successful in obtaining credentials, and 24 members waited six months or longer after graduation to obtain their credentials. These students only had a passing rate of 71%. The greater success rates are with those individuals who tested while their training was still fresh in their mind.
7. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has endorsed the concept of obtaining credentials rather than the formal education route and urged the development of meaningful examinations to measure non-formal learning and thus facilitate entry into health occupations. The purpose of this is to measure an individual’s competency to perform at a certain job level.
8. Being a registered member qualifies you to receive our CEU Updates. If you agree that knowledge is the foundation on which all other attributes must be built, then continuing education is the only way to keep yourself current and up to date on new technology.
9. When you obtain credentials, you become a respected member of the health community. Continuing education will help promote respect from your peers and co-workers.
10. As a member of a professional organization, you will have the opportunity to purchase group, medical, and professional liability insurance.
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NAHP School Benefit and Opportunities
View the form for school registration.
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An important part of your team
The NAHP is an educational health oriented organization that lends its expertise and support to the post-secondary educational system.
Increased opportunities
Your school will have the opportunity to help students nearing graduation to obtain national credentials and the recognition necessary to compete in the marketplace.
You are in control
Testing opportunities are available to your school as often as you feel necessary: monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. It is as simple as making a call to the testing coordinator and reporting your choices for testing dates.
Make a difference
The difference between graduating students with national credentials, continuing education programs, or professional liability opportunities, and graduating a student with just a certificate or diploma may just be the difference between success and failure for graduates. The important issue to consider is that your graduates will be able to get the jobs for which they have been trained.
Commitment now and beyond
The National Association for Health Professionals wants to provide schools the opportunity to make a commitment to graduates that goes beyond the in-house training program, a commitment that assures their success in the field in which they been have trained.
Analysis
The National Association for Health Professionals will provide our associate member schools with a full range of customized services, from testing instructors, at no charge, to scoring and statistical analysis (comparing students' scores to the national average).
Member benefits
As an associate member your school will receive:
- A testing site status
- An associate membership plaque
- Free testing for instructors
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Competence
The concept of “competence” is a term used to describe an individual's ability to perform a discipline, answering all requirements sufficient to perform all phases with adequate skills. The competent health professional performs their duties accurately and makes correct judgments. Competence must be demonstrated as the professional enters into practice and throughout their career. Competence is the intangible end product of certification. It means fewer errors and less violations of patient trust.
In this era of increasing regulations, standardization within public and private agencies has become a necessity to assure effectiveness in the healthcare system. Agencies in the United States Public Health Service, Health Care Financing Administration, state regulatory department and licensing agencies, and leaders within the profession have joined in the effort to raise and apply meaningful standards for individual professional achievement.
In all cases, the public should be protected from incompetent practitioners acting under the guise of competency. To assure competence, some appropriate measures of qualification should be applied to healthcare professionals. There are credentialing roles to be performed in both the public and private sectors. The healthcare delivery is too dynamic and important to consumers for healthcare professions to be utterly unregulated, yet they cannot be burdened with inflexible, stifling requirements.
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Currently Offered Credentials
Credentials in the health field have become the accepted standard rather than the exception.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have endorsed the concept of credentialing other than formal education and have urged the development of meaningful examinations to measure non-formal learning and thus facilitate entry into health occupations.
Health professionals who demonstrate their knowledge and commitment to professionalism by earning credentials are providing evidence of competence in a demanding field. Those individuals who have earned credentials enjoy increased respect and recognition from their professional peers, along with higher earnings and increased opportunity for advancement. Credentialing provides a uniform national standard by which health professionals throughout the country can measure their individual background and training.
Currently the NAHP is offering the following credentials:
| Nationally Registered title of Certified Administrative Health Assistant | NRCAHA | |||
| Nationally Registered title of Certified Coding Specialist | NRCCS | |||
| Nationally Registered title of Certified EKG Technician | NRCEKG | |||
| Nationally Registered title of Certified Medical Assistant | NRCMA | |||
| Nationally Registered title of Certified Pharmacology Technician | NRCPhT | |||
| Nationally Registered title of Certified Phlebotomy Technician | NRCPT | |||
| Nationally Registered Dental Assistant | NRDA |
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Application for Registration
Application Instructions
Applications are to be printed or typewritten. All information is to be completed with true and accurate information. If an application is received with incomplete information or without application fee, then it will be rejected. Applications must be received fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled test date (with the exception of individual online testing). If you are a student who has not completed your course of study, a school official must sign your application stating your eligibility.
Application Requirements
The APPLICANT shall be a graduate of an accredited high school or have the equivalent thereof (The equivalent would represent a GED).
The APPLICANT shall be a graduate of a course with state accreditation or approval, or a school accredited by one of the follow accreditation agencies:
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The APPLICANT shall have a formal medical training of no less than two years in the United States Armed Forces. The training shall be within ten (10) years of the time of application.
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The APPLICANT must have been employed as a Medical Assistant for a period of no less than three years and submit a letter or letters, on the employers letterhead stationary, from the employers indicating their recommendation and documenting a total of at least three years experience in the healthcare field. Employment experience must be of a current nature and must not exceed ten (10) years from the time of application.
The APPLICANT must have a valid social security number.
If you wish to request an application package in the mail, please email your mailing address to us.
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Medical Assistant Overview
Duties
| 1. | Provide nursing care to the patients. |
| 2. | Maintain legible and accurate notes in patients' charts. |
| 3. | Assist in providing an optimum physical and emotional environment, through an optimized implementation of nursing care regulation. |
| 4. | Assist in patient education and rehabilitation. |
| 5. | Assure a safe and clean environment. |
| 6. | Self-direct in improving and acquiring the skills necessary to perform the activities of the position. |
| 7. | Understand and stay within the chain of command. |
| 8. | Perform other directed and related duties and assignments. |
| 9. | Emergency situations may require his/her services beyond the eight-hour tour of duty of the five days a week. |
| 10. | Maintain confidentiality of all information concerning the patients' affairs, except to authorized personnel. |
| 11. | Call prescriptions to the pharmacies, as needed. |
| 12. | Demonstrate safety in the use of devices and equipment. |
| 13. | Use appropriate guidelines when releasing records or information. |
| 14. | Follow established policy in initiating or terminating medical treatment. |
| 15. | Dispose of controlled substances in compliance with govenment regulations. |
| 16. | Maintain medical licenses and accreditations. |
| 17. | Monitor legislation related to current healthcare issues and practices. |
| 18. | Assist physician with examinations and treatments. |
| 19. | Collect and process specimens. |
| 20. | Perform selected tests that assist with diagnosis and treatment. |
| 21. | Screen and follow-up patient test results. |
| 22. | Prepare and administer medications, as directed by the physician. |
| 23. | Respond to medical emergencies in a swift, professional manner. |
Responsibilities
| 1. | Provide professional, skilled nursing care under guidance of a nurse and/or nursing supervisor. Have the knowledge of the nursing personnel's job description and duties. |
| 2. | Observes departmental policies in the care of equipment, and in the economical use of supplies. A professional level of conduct is expected. |
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Phlebotomy Performance Evaluation
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