Description
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.
What you will learn
- 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
- Buccal administration
- Self-administration and supporting independence
- Contra indications, allergies and overdoses
- Monitoring dosage systems
- Medication calculation
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