MDCC Holds Fall Health Care Assistant & Phlebotomy Technician Pinning Ceremony

Phlebotomy Technician Graduates - Pictured above, L to R: Taniya McGee, Yeshiva Davis, Shanees Clay, Alexia Dixon, Cynthia Flores
Health Care Assistant Graduates - Pictured below, L to R: Sheree Smith, Teanna Brown, Jasmine Loggins, Shameka Burrell (not pictured: Tahnisha Litt)

MOORHEAD, Miss. (December 7, 2023) – Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) held its Fall 2023 Health Care Assistant & Phlebotomy Technician Pinning Ceremony on Wed., December 6, in the Yeates Fine Arts Auditorium on the MDCC Moorhead campus.

Graduates of the Health Care Assistant program are eligible to sit for the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program Examination. Also known as a certified nursing assistant (CNA), health care assistants work very closely with clients. The assistant provides personal care such as bathing, feeding and dressing while also performing support functions such as taking vital signs, making beds, transporting clients and assisting clients with daily living activities.

Graduates from this program may work in a variety of settings including nursing homes, long term care facilities, personal care facilities, hospitals, home health agencies and private homes.

Phlebotomy is the study or art of drawing blood for diagnosing and treating health problems or for blood donation. People who specialize in this study are called phlebotomy technicians. Phlebotomy technicians work in hospitals, clinics, blood banks, clinical laboratories and diagnostic centers.

Dean of Health Sciences Patricia Kelly presented the candidates for certification. Phlebotomy Instructor Andrea Richardson presented the certificates to the graduates while Phlebotomy Program Director Janet Cooper and Health Care Assistant Program Coordinator Traci Mascagni pinned their respective graduates.