Map & Directions for Pikeville, KY Campus
606-478-7200 • 50 National College Boulevard, Pikeville, KY 41501
Directions:
Heading north or south on US 23/460, the campus is located north of Pikeville. As you near the Pike County/Floyd County line, look for the National College signs and turn onto Sunshine Lane. After a short distance, you will see National College Boulevard on your left.
National is Ticket to Success for Airman
It is mission accomplished for Erin Patton, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who received her associate’s degree from the Pikeville Campus and is now working as a certified medical assistant at the Pikeville Medical Center Pain Management Clinic.
“I’m ecstatic. It’s been a long time coming,” said Erin, who attended a local community college for several years before serving in the Air Force. She said she was unsure what path she wanted to take with her career when she decided to join the service. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do at the time when I went in. The fact that they did pay for school was a benefit of it,” she recalled.
Her father, William Tuttle, a graduate of the Lexington Campus’s surgical technology degree program, recommended National to her. “When I came to campus, I knew medical assisting was what I wanted,” she recalled.
She used her Post 9/11 GI Bill to pay for school. “That paid for pretty much everything… books… classes…even a housing allowance,” she explained.
She enjoyed her time on campus and after her daughter was born she was able to attend day or evening classes, depending on her schedule. “Everybody was really nice and worked with me on everything.”
Erin began interviewing with the hospital before her program was even complete. She feels that her certification gives her extra job security. “No matter where I go—if I were to pick up and move tomorrow—my certification is nationally honored,” said Erin of the certification which the American Association of Medical Assistants refers to as the gold standard of medical assisting professionalism.
As part of the medical team at the clinic, she checks patients in, takes blood pressures, and transfers charts to an on-line system. “I love doing the triage—we see the patients before the doctors do,” she said of the job which keeps her on her toes as emergencies arise.
Erin is earning twice as much as she did in her previous job and she has excellent benefits available through the hospital. “We bought a house,” she exclaimed. “I kept going for my little girl—I wanted her to have a better life.”
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