Medication Administration

The primary aim of this Medication Administration course is to equip healthcare workers with the knowledge and skills necessary for safe medication administration. This involves understanding the complexities of medication management, ensuring patient safety, and complying with relevant legislation and guidelines. By completing this course, healthcare workers will be better prepared to handle medications responsibly and effectively in various healthcare settings, thereby enhancing the quality of care provided to patients

Overview

By the end of the Medication Administration course, learners will be able to:

• Understand the principles of safe medication
• Identify different types of medications
• Explain the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
• Recognise potential medication side effects and adverse reactions
• Demonstrate accurate dosage calculation skills
• Administer medications through various routes
• Document medication administration
• Communicate effectively with patients and healthcare teams
• Identify and mitigate medication errors

This course is CPD Certified

Duration

Online 1- 2 Hours

Learning Aims & Outcome

This can include a variety of tasks, such as:

• Purpose of the Course
• Training Requirements
• Legislation and Guidance
• NICE guidelines and NHS England medication safety management practices.
• Reporting Concerns
• Risk Areas
• Common Errors
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Additional Roles
• Accountability
• Ethical responsibilities in patient care and medication management
• Information Sharing and Confidentiality
• Types of Medication
• Support and Consent
• Covert Administration
• Self Administration
• The 6 Rights of Administration
• Routes of Administration
• Understanding Medication Labels and Dosette Boxes
• Medication Errors
• Time Sensitive Medications
• Missed Doses and Overdose
• Contraindications, Side-Effects, and Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting
• Ordering, Transporting, and Delivering Medications
• Quality Assurance and Storage
• Disposal and Infection Prevention and Control

Assesment

The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 20 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 100%. The answers are marked automatically so you will instantly know whether you have passed. If you don’t pass don’t worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.