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WHAT IS I-BEST
Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) is designed to enhance students' foundational reading, writing, math, and study skills, enabling them to complete a career-based certificate and secure living-wage employment.
The I-BEST program features two instructors: one trained in career content and the other in academic skills. Both educators collaborate to ensure your success.
As part of this focus on career readiness and academic skill development, all students will complete a TABE (Test for Adult Basic Education).
Phlebotomy
Phlebotomy is an I-BEST (Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training) course that is team-taught by both a Phlebotomy instructor and an Adult Education instructor.
In this course, students will acquire the fundamental skills needed to reach college-level instruction and/or pass the High School Equivalency exams. This innovative instructional method helps students accelerate their entry into higher-level courses and the workforce.
Additionally, this course prepares students to become Phlebotomy Technicians.
Interpersonal Skills Developed
Customer Service
Students will learn to explain the process of extracting samples from clients and instruct patients on proper urine collection techniques. Key skills include actively listening to patients, maintaining confidentiality, and persuading reluctant clients to cooperate with collections. Additionally, students will develop the ability to position patients correctly and ensure proper identification of patients.
Training includes the science of venipuncture, specimen preparation, anatomy, safety, equipment maintenance, associated clerical skills, customer service, and basic work skills. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be eligible to sit for the national licensing examination through the American Society of Clinical Pathology.
Technical Skills Developed:
Adhering to government regulations
Applying tourniquets, calculating the quantity of blood needed, basic life support, and responding to emergency situations
Collecting blood using proper technique and protocol
Decontaminating puncture site, following infection control guidelines and identifying abnormal cells, locating appropriate veins for blood collection
Learning new software, data entry and documenting all procedures, Microsoft Excel and Word, ordering supplies, writing reports, correspondence, and policies.
Safely disposing of blood and bodily fluids, sterilizing collection site
Taking vital signs, testing blood for drugs, tracking specimens, transporting specimens to the laboratory
Certified Nursing Assistant: CNA101L
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
The Certified Nursing Assistant course is an I-BEST program that is team-taught by both a CNA instructor and an Adult Education instructor. In this course, students will acquire the foundational skills necessary to reach college-level instruction and/or pass the High School Equivalency exams. This innovative instructional approach accelerates students' entry into higher-level courses and the workforce.
This course prepares students to provide patient care in a home, a long-term health care center, or a hospital under the supervision of a professional health care provider (RN). Prepares students for the NM Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation (Prometric) exam.Â
Technical Skills Developed:
A caring nature.
Be approachable
Be able to work with people of all ages and from all backgrounds.
Good communication skills and good listening skills
Be able to work as part of a team.
Be respectful to patients and colleagues.
Flexibility and reliability
The ability to remain calm in tough situations.
The ability to keep sensitive information confidential at all times.
Good organizational skills
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