Safe Administration of Medication Training

This course teaches those administering medication within their work how to do so in a safe and appropriate way. This course is essential for care workers who will be administering or coming into contact with medication within their work.

Course Content Includes

What is ‘licensed medication’

Legislation relating to medication and the application of it

Council policy on the safe administration of medication

MAR charts and the recent changes

The routes of administration and the theory of how to safely administer medication via the most frequently used routes

The importance and legal requirements of documentation in relation to medication

To understand what is meant by ‘consent’ and how medication can be abused

Signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction and the actions to take

Categorisation of medicines and labelling of medicines

Understanding terminology and what it means e.g. dose, duration, frequency

Understanding the function of PRN medication

The difference between prompt and administer

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In-house Pricing

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