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Medication Safety
Drug errors are serious. The wrong dose or drug can cause illness, and in some cases, even death.
Many drug errors can be prevented though, and this seven-hour course helps staff handle medication in a safe and responsible manner.
Many drug errors can be prevented though, and this seven-hour course helps staff handle medication in a safe and responsible manner.
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Medication Safety
Seven hours
Introduction / Refresher
Nurses and Senior Care Staff
To help staff ensure the safety of clients they prompt, assist and administer medication to.
Up to 15 students
- Forms, types and routes of drugs
- Principles of safe drug administration
- Terms, abbreviations, measurements
- Hygienic administration and storage
- Simple drug calculations and CD's
- Ownership, refusal, covert medication
- Overdosage and anaphylaxis
- Verbal instructions, MAR sheets, MDS
- Disposal, sharps and sharps injuries
- Drug errors, abuse, poor swallowing
- Complimentary and homely remedies
- Accountability, reporting, recording
- Knowledge test
Lecture, group discussion and practical exercises.
Students are assessed on the basis of
their performance of the exercises and
in the summative test at the end.
- Care Standards Act regulations
- Skills for Care Induction Standards
- National Vocational Qualifications
- Nursing & Midwifery Council
guidelines
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain guidelines
- United Kingdom Homecare
Association guidelines
- Attendance forms
- Course notes / handouts
- Knowledge tests
- Training records
- Feedback forms
- Certificates of Achievement
Dependent on your training needs.
Call 020 888 35 244 for a quote!
Seven hours
Introduction / Refresher
Nurses and Senior Care Staff
To help staff ensure the safety of clients they prompt, assist and administer medication to.
Up to 15 students
- Forms, types and routes of drugs
- Principles of safe drug administration
- Terms, abbreviations, measurements
- Hygienic administration and storage
- Simple drug calculations and CD's
- Ownership, refusal, covert medication
- Overdosage and anaphylaxis
- Verbal instructions, MAR sheets, MDS
- Disposal, sharps and sharps injuries
- Drug errors, abuse, poor swallowing
- Complimentary and homely remedies
- Accountability, reporting, recording
- Knowledge test
Lecture, group discussion and practical exercises.
Students are assessed on the basis of
their performance of the exercises and
in the summative test at the end.
- Care Standards Act regulations
- Skills for Care Induction Standards
- National Vocational Qualifications
- Nursing & Midwifery Council
guidelines
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain guidelines
- United Kingdom Homecare
Association guidelines
- Attendance forms
- Course notes / handouts
- Knowledge tests
- Training records
- Feedback forms
- Certificates of Achievement
Dependent on your training needs.
Call 020 888 35 244 for a quote!
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Call Michael today on 020 8883 5244
or email info@michaelhughestraining.com
or email info@michaelhughestraining.com
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Michael Hughes MSc BSc(Hons) RN DipN ENB 998 ENB 978 Cert HPM FRSH FIHPE
Healthcare Training 75 Fortis Green Road, London N10 3HP Tel/Fax: 020 8883 5244
Healthcare Training 75 Fortis Green Road, London N10 3HP Tel/Fax: 020 8883 5244
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