The Phlebotomy department will be offering a pilot course for summer called MDL 295: Phlebotomy for Healthcare Professionals. This course is for current MEC students or currently working medical professionals who want or need to learn basic Phlebotomy skills. It is a combination of lecture and lab practice, but there is no clinical component and [...]
The student services office at the MEC is responsible for the processing of all allied health and nursing applications. As such we do our best to stay abreast of any changes that may be upcoming. Check back regularly and comment to ask questions. If there is anything you’d like us to write about feel free [...]
EMS Fall registration is about to begin. EMS students seeking to advance onto intermediate and paramedic levels, will vie for the few open slots in their programs. It is a pure sprint to the finish line and the only way to enter the race is by being program placed before May 3rd. Fall registration [...]
On most days I’ll have at least one or two students sitting across from me with this very common problem. They’ve completed everything in order to apply and they still need to pass the math placement test, or in the case of our nursing students the math placement test and the TEAS (Nursing Pre-Admission) test. You [...]
This is a question that is often asked by nervous students getting ready to submit. Applicants imagine a dark nebulous hole that engulfs their application and consumes their hopes of getting in. Often they think that an application is passed over, forgotten or lost in some drawer. In reality every application that is received by [...]
There have been rumors floating around that the Dianostic Medical Sonography program here at the MEC Campus is not available. This is untrue. The program is still available to students. However, the specializations are not currently available to students. The catalog has been updated online to reflect this as well: Diagnostic Medical Sonography A.A.S. [...]
RAD 100 – Does not need permission. The “department consent required” on RAD 100 will be taken off and students can register beginning June 5. We are staying with the advertised date even though fall registration opened early since this course fills very quickly. DMS 100 – Requires permission from Anita Freeman via email at afreeman@nvcc.edu. [...]
We understand that some students as well as counselors/faculty advisors may have difficulty explaining the differences between HIM, HIT and HIS programs. The following information was provided by Chidinma Onyedike-former Career Specialist in the HIS Department at the MEC Campus. H.I.M stands for Health Information Management. HIM is comprised of employees who manage healthcare information. [...]
Students, faculty and staff! If you have not already noticed, there is no longer the two step process to apply for Allied Health Degree programs (at the present time this does not include Nursing). In the past students had to submit a checklist to MEC Student Services and an advisor would verify whether students met [...]
