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Medication Practice

Delivery: eLearning Level: 2, 3 & 4 Accreditation: This course is CPD certified.

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About this course

In the course of their work social care workers may support an individual with their medication.

As professionals they have a ‘duty of care’ to ensure that every individual is supported with their medication safely and with no error.

Medication is a mandatory training subject that must be completed before supporting any vulnerable individual, in a professional capacity.

This course is suitable for care staff working in care homes or organisations where they do not have to work remotely in the community.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course learners should know and understand the following:

  • Understand legislation, regulations and national guidelines that govern medication practice in health and social care.

  • Know of policies and local procedures to support medication practice.

  • Understand the levels of medication practice.

  • Know the types of medicines they will support with.

  • Understand the routes of administration.

  • Identify medication aids and safe practice.

  • Correctly record and report medication practice.

  • Identify and report errors in medication.

  • Understand the support they will receive for medication practice.

Course Syllabus Includes

  • Legislation and Regulation
  • National Guidelines
  • Prompt, Assist
  • Self-administration
  • Administration
  • Specialised Techniques
  • Rights of Medication
  • Types of Medication
  • Controlled Drugs
  • Physiological Measurements
  • Variable Dosage Medicines
  • Unprescribed Medicines
  • Routes of Administration
  • Medication Aids
  • Safe Practice
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Adverse Reactions
  • Contraindications
  • Storage
  • Disposal
  • Ordering, Delivery, Returns
  • Recording and Reporting
  • Medication Errors, Safeguarding
  • Support in Practice

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