Medication Management in an Acute Setting
Duration: 2 hours
Designed for registered nurses and midwives working in an acute environment, this course covers the practical and legislative essentials involved in the safe handling of medicines in the busy, and often pressurised, hospital environment.
Duration: 2 hours
Designed for registered nurses and midwives working in an acute environment, this course covers the practical and legislative essentials involved in the safe handling of medicines in the busy, and often pressurised, hospital environment.
Duration: 2 hours
Designed for registered nurses and midwives working in an acute environment, this course covers the practical and legislative essentials involved in the safe handling of medicines in the busy, and often pressurised, hospital environment.
Objectives
After completing the course, learners will be able to:
Comprehend legislation related to medication management
Understand the categories and forms of medication
Know about safe receiving, storage and disposal of medication
Be knowledgeable about information on generic and branded drugs
Understand about frequency and routes of drug administration
Understand the essentials of calculating medication doses
Topics
Legislation
Professional guidelines
Benefits and risks
Categories
Brands and generic names
Forms of medication and controlled drugs
Complementary and alternative medicines
Receiving, storage and disposal
Routes
Feeding tubes
Calculating doses
Blood and blood products
Cytotoxic drugs and waste
Oxygen therapy
Capacity and consent
Covert administration
Discovering and error
Reducing the risk
ABCDE assessment
Paediatric parameters
Recognising anaphylaxis
Initial and follow-up treatment
MHRA yellow card scheme