Medication Management in a Community Setting
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
This course, Medication Management in a Community Setting, addresses the fundamentals of medication storage, preparation, administration, disposal and accurate record keeping. Furthermore, it examines the roles and responsibilities of the healthcare worker, highlighting the importance of determining patient capacity and consent, as well as the vital requirement for basic maths skills in the calculation of dosages.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
This course, Medication Management in a Community Setting, addresses the fundamentals of medication storage, preparation, administration, disposal and accurate record keeping. Furthermore, it examines the roles and responsibilities of the healthcare worker, highlighting the importance of determining patient capacity and consent, as well as the vital requirement for basic maths skills in the calculation of dosages.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
This course, Medication Management in a Community Setting, addresses the fundamentals of medication storage, preparation, administration, disposal and accurate record keeping. Furthermore, it examines the roles and responsibilities of the healthcare worker, highlighting the importance of determining patient capacity and consent, as well as the vital requirement for basic maths skills in the calculation of dosages.
Objectives
After completing the course, learners will be able to:
Give a definition of medication along with the benefits and risks that surround it
Comprehend legislation related to medication management
Be knowledgeable about the difference between generic and branded drugs
Identify the routes and ‘eight rights’ of medication administration
Understand about safe receipt, storage, transportation and disposal of medication
Understand the essentials of transcribing medication and calculating medication doses
Be aware of the pros and cons of covert and crushing medication
Comprehend the importance of capacity and gaining consent
Identify compliance aids and MDS
Understand the need for attentive record keeping and documentation
Topics
The definition of medication
Benefits and risks
Legislation
Branded and generic medication
The ‘eight rights’ of medication administration
Receipt and storage
Transportation and disposal
Transcribing
The importance of capacity and gaining consent
Medical administration
Prompting, assisting or administering
Routes of medication
Compliance aids and MDS
Record keeping and documentation
Covert and crushing medication
Conversions, grams, milligrams and micrograms
Correct dosage administering
Liquid drug calculations