Medication Introductory Course

Course overview

This course is designed for anyone wanting to improve their skills and reach their potential as a practitioner. The course is fully interactive and prompts you to assess your own approach to supporting young people who are in care or education. The course covers key topics such as the safe administration of medication including how to avoid contamination, examines the settings procedures for administration, describes the recording process for both Medicines Administration Records and Controlled Drugs Registers, outlines the “Rights” of medication administration and highlights their importance with regard to legislation, roles and responsibilities. Informs and clarifies learners how to report and act in the event of error handling and reactions. The course also includes a downloadable PDF workbook that you can fill in as you complete the training, so that you can develop your skills as a leader or manager and get the most out of the course content.

Aims and objectives

• Explain safe administration of Medicines
• Examine procedures for administration
• Describe how and what to record
• Outline the “rights” of medication administration
• Establish correct Labelling & Information for Medication
• Clarify what to do in the event of a reaction to medication
• Outline error handling & Adverse reactions to Medication