The Control & Administration of Medicines
Course
Distance
Description
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Type
Course
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Start date
Different dates available
The course considers the knowledge requirements relating to the handling and administration of medicines as: Found in Regulation 12 of the CQC regulations in respect of ‘Safe Care and Treatment’
Identified by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as ‘level 2 administration of medicines, standard training’ and ‘level 3 – administration of medicines using specialised techniques’
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Subjects
- Quality
- Regulations
- Medication
- IT
- Communication Skills
- Risk Assessment
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacy Assistant
- Medical services
- Nursing Care
Course programme
Module 1 – Medication Classification and Legislation
- The key legislation and guidance relating to the safe handling of medicines
- How organisational policies and procedures ensure the safe handling of medicines for a range of care settings and both medical and non-medical care staff
- The process for the prescribing, dispensing, obtaining and checking of medicines
- The range of support and guidance available relating to medicines
- The importance of confidentiality relating to disclosure about individual’s medication
Module 2 – About Medications
- The types, purpose and classification of medicines commonly administered
- The routes by which medicines may be administered
- The related rules for administration of medication and level of competence required
- The importance of checking for, recognising and reporting effects that can occur as a result of an adverse reaction, a contraindication or an interaction between medicines
Module 3 – Medication Administration
- How medication is administered safely and in a way that meets individual needs
- How to support individuals to administer their own medication
- Procedures to follow when there are problems with the administration of medication
- How the effects of medication are monitored
- The audit process in relation to medication transactions and stock levels
- How information is recorded and confidentiality maintained
- The need to gain consent and undertake risk assessment prior to the self or secondary administration of medicines
- The importance of the preparation for and administration of medicines to ensure accuracy
- The importance of accurate recording for the administration and refusal of medicines and administration errors
- The requirements to validate accuracy of safe storage and recording for medicines and for their safe disposal
Module 4 – Roles and Responsibilities
- Your role in relation to accountability and responsibility
- Prescribing medications
- The Role of the independent and supplementary prescribers
- The role of the Designated Person in administering medications
- Ways to get support and information
- Accountability and responsibility
- The importance of accountability in relation to medications
- The role of different people involved with storage or administration of medicines
- The potential consequences of not following agreed ways of working as set out by an employer
- The roles and responsibilities of staff involved in supporting an individual to take medication
The course also provides all the necessary documentation to record and document a supervised medicine round.
The Control & Administration of Medicines