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Avoidable medication errors cost 1,700 lives and more than £98 million to the NHS in England every year. (Source: BMJ Quality and Safety Journal)
Medication can be dangerous when misused but when used effectively is a very powerful tool to alleviate symptoms and improve or prolong a persons life.
Healthcare professionals are not only responsible for the safe delivery of medication but also upholding dignity, encouraging independence and respecting choices the service user/patient makes.
Who is this course for?
Medication Administration training is an excellent refresher course for healthcare professionals with the responsibility of receiving, storing, administering and disposing of medication.
Objectives
- Understand the professional accountability and legal responsibilities of your role.
- Describe the importance and duty to report any acts or omissions in care that could be detrimental to yourself, other individuals or your employer
- Understand the importance of working within your own sphere of competence
- Describe the importance of offering effective verbal and non-verbal support and reassurance to individuals
- Describe the importance of communicating effectively and how communication differences may be overcome
- Understand the factors which may compromise the comfort and dignity of individuals
- Understand the importance of obtaining valid consent and offer information, support and reassurance
- Understand the process of Pharmacokinetics
- Understand how to read prescriptions/medication administration charts
- Describe how to prepare the medication for administration using a non-touch technique
- List how you would check that the individual had taken their medication
- Understand how you dispose of different medications
- Understand the importance of keeping accurate and up to date records
- Describe how to apply standard precautions for infection prevention and control and any other relevant health and safety measures
- Understand the theory and practice for working out medication dosages
- Describe common prescribing errors and techniques to recognise these prior to administration
- Describe appropriate ways of escalating concerns
Course content
- Legislation
- The 8 rights of medication administration
- Classification and types of medication
- Routes into the body
- Maintaining records
- Prescribing medication
- Types and reasons for errors
- Storing and disposing of medication
- Self-administration and supporting independence
- Contra indications, allergies and overdoses
- Monitoring dosage systems
- Medication calculations
Course benefits
- Certificate lasts for 1 year!
- Reduce the likelihood of errors made whilst administering medicine
- Delivers key information to enhance user/ patient care
Testimonials
Very good course. Very happy! - Sally Morrison
We learned a lot and new medicine administration updates which are important in my daily job - Jose Reynoso
Medication Administration Training
Accredited by
The CPD Standards Office
= 4 hours of CPD
Who is this course for?
Medication Administration training is an excellent refresher course for healthcare professionals with the responsibility of receiving, storing, administering and disposing of medication.
Medication can be dangerous when misused but when used effectively is a very powerful tool to alleviate symptoms and improve or prolong a persons life.
Healthcare professionals are not only responsible for the safe delivery of medication but also upholding dignity, encouraging independence and respecting choices the service user/patient makes.
- Understand the professional accountability and legal responsibilities of your role.
- Describe the importance and duty to report any acts or omissions in care that could be detrimental to yourself, other individuals or your employer
- Understand the importance of working within your own sphere of competence
- Describe the importance of offering effective verbal and non-verbal support and reassurance to individuals
- Describe the importance of communicating effectively and how communication differences may be overcome
- Understand the factors which may compromise the comfort and dignity of individuals
- Understand the importance of obtaining valid consent and offer information, support and reassurance
- Understand the process of Pharmacokinetics
- Understand how to read prescriptions/medication administration charts
- Describe how to prepare the medication for administration using a non-touch technique
- List how you would check that the individual had taken their medication
- Understand how you dispose of different medications
- Understand the importance of keeping accurate and up to date records
- Describe how to apply standard precautions for infection prevention and control and any other relevant health and safety measures
- Understand the theory and practice for working out medication dosages
- Describe common prescribing errors and techniques to recognise these prior to administration
- Describe appropriate ways of escalating concerns
- Legislation
- The 8 rights of medication administration
- Classification and types of medication
- Routes into the body
- Maintaining records
- Prescribing medication
- Types and reasons for errors
- Storing and disposing of medication
- Self-administration and supporting independence
- Contra indications, allergies and overdoses
- Monitoring dosage systems
- Medication calculations
Many new and valuable points learned to be taken into my clinical practice, but also a lot of information revised and revisitied. Great session. - Maria Demetriou
Invaluable information that can easily be overlooked. An excellent course! - Annah Pisah
Professional, recommend for all carers/ nurses! - Emese Haulik