Program Introduction
MEDPREP offers a nursing assistant-certification preparatory program of no less than 85 training hours of coverage in theory, skills practice labs and clinical internship at a healthcare facility to assist the student to become successful when taking the Washington State written and manual testing to become a Nursing Assistant-Certified.

Anyone wanting to attend the program must first pass an 'ability-to-benefit' pre-registration quiz to assist the program director in determining their ability to be successful in training by assessment of their ability to read, write and comprehend the English language.

Program Description
Class & skills labs of 36 hours at the center location and clinical internship of 52 hours of which 40 hours will be completed at the healthcare facility of affiliation with the school.

Open enrollment will be available throughout the year. The student must plan on attendance to all training hours as well as participate in discussions, demonstrations, and be able to re-demonstrate all testable skills in basic resident care.

Program Evaluation
Evaluation is achieved through closed-book written testing, a comprehensive final exam, as well as achievement of a passing score of no less than 70 percent on all tests or other assignments and by mastery of return demonstration of all of the state testable skills.

Retesting is allowed as well as additional attendance to lectures, skills demonstrations, and skills practice labs as either the program director feels necessary or the student requests to assist each student in achieving success and the goal of testing for licensing to become a nursing assistant-certified.

The Facility
Located at 1830 Broadway, Everett, Washington, 98201 that includes a welcoming foyer with guest seating and table for completing paperwork as well as a large classroom, flat screen television, overhead projection, multiple videos, and three complete patient care areas including semi-electrical beds, over-the-bed tables, nightstands, privacy curtains and all necessary supplies to care for patients with hoyer lifts and wheelchairs at the foot of each bed. There are also examination tables used by students for state testable skills practice as well as a mini-kitchen with refrigerator and microwave. All areas are secured by use of surveillance cameras and a rear exit for emergency use.

There are multiple sinks in the school and portable equipment for student use including a resident commode, dirty personal care item rack, and a doctor's balance-weight scale. Additional personal care item supplies including bed linens and bathing supplies are in covered & zippered storage shelving.

Student Records & Duplicating Fee's
Student records are archived at the end of each year and duplicating can be done at time of request. All archives are also placed on a CD for storage for fifty years in compliance with Washington State requirements.

Any retrieval from archives for a student will be done in a timely manner but staff can take up to thirty days in accordance to work and training schedule. All duplicating will incur a duplicating charge.

Governing Entities
The school is licensed under Chapter 28C.10. Inquiries or complaints regarding this private vocational school may be made to the Workforce Training & Education Coordinating Board, located at 128 Tenth Ave. SW, Olympia, WA. 98504-3105, or by calling (425) 257-9888.

The nursing assistant training manual has been approved by the WTECB, the Department of Health-Nursing Commission (DOH), and the Department of Social & Health Services (DSHS).

The Owner
Ms. Pat Stickles, RN, is the sole proprietor and opened MEDPREP in 2001. Her background includes but is not limited to: psychiatric, rehabilitative, acute & long-term care nursing. Pat worked as a Regional Training Director for a national healthcare organization in the Seattle, Bellevue, Mercer Island, Kirkland to Edmonds area and had a training site in Northgate where she provided education to nine nursing homes. She has been an education consultant to several local nursing homes, as well as an instructor at the local college teaching Nursing 100 for almost five years. It was at this time that she felt she could resign from that position to become their competitor. So while providing a couple of additional quarters at the college she opened the school and worked another full-time position. Pat has also been the owner & test rater nurse for the current Washington State testing company and has authored training manuals for medical corporations and nursing homes. After twelve successful years at MEDPREP she has trained over 5,000 students who are now quality care providers as nursing assistants, LPN's & RN's in our community.