ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS update for Health Care Workers

Online Course    www.the-care-college.co.uk

Cost of Course: £15

Length of Course: Half-Day

Candidates: Health care workers in a domicillary setting.

Course content:

- Understand your role in the safe administration of medicines.

- Outline factors contributing to drug errors

- Discuss ways of minimising clinical risk

- Explain how client safety, compliance and well being can be enhanced

- Explain requirements for valid consent.

- To update on NMC Standards for medicines management 2010.

- To outline the legal and professional requirements regarding the Administration of Medicines.

- To identify the need for an effective strategy for managing clinical risk.

Course Content

- The 5 wrongs

- Why do mistakes happen

- Medication incidents

- Accountability and Drug Administration

- NMC Code of Conduct and Guidelines

- Record Keeping

- Basic drug calculations

YOU CAN ALSO DO THIS COURSE ONLINE AT www.the-care-college.co.uk