Safe use and administration of medication
Short course
In Borehamwood
Description
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Type
Short course
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Location
Borehamwood
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Duration
1 Day
The course aims at teaching how to safely use and administer medication.
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
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Course programme
Safe use and administration of medication
The one day medication training will cover the following:
An introduction to medicines
* Accountability
* Legal responsibilities
Ordering of medicines
* Prescriptions
* Supply
* Verbal orders
Storage of medicines
Administration of medicines
* General considerations
* MAR sheets
* Guidelines for administration
* Oral medicines
* Capsules
* Tablets
* Liquids
* Intra-nasal medicines
* Intra-ocular medicines
* Intra-aural medicines
* Inhaled medicines
* Vaginal and rectal medicines
* Topical medicines
* Transdermal medicines
* Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Self administration of medicines
* Labelling
* Service user education
* Medicine compliance devices
Homely Remedies
Refusal of medicines
Controlled drugs
* Storage of controlled drugs
* Temazepam
* Oramorph
* Controlled drug register
* Administration of controlled drugs
* Disposal of controlled drugs
Common side effects from medicines in older service users
* Hypnotics and sedatives
* Neuroleptics
* Antidepressants
* Digoxin
* Diuretics
* Anti-inflammatory medicines
* Anti-hypertensive's
* Analgesics
Errors associated with the administration of medicine
Disposal of medicines
* Safe disposal
This course will finish with a multiple choice test ensuring that candidates have understood the information and will be given a certificate attesting to their knowledge as outlined above.
Safe use and administration of medication
Safe use and administration of medication