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Medication Administration Training – Foundation Workshop (Community Settings)

Course Overview

Our Foundation Course in Medicines Administration for Community Settings covers the Skills for Care core/mandatory training requirements for medicines management and administration. Suitable for both care support workers and nurses, it teaches medicines administration as a step-by-step process (based on our years of research as a company into why medication errors occur). This ensures medicines are given in a safe and systematic way, thereby reducing the risk of mistakes made through complacency. This course has been shown to reduce errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council.

Aimed at

Care support workers and nurses (both new and experienced staff) working in community settings such as home care, reablement or supported living.

Format and duration

Available as a half-day practical workshop (see morning content below) or extend this into a full-day practical workshop (add on the afternoon content below). All learners also receive a comprehensive workbook on both the half- or full-day practical workshop (see workbook content below).

Certification

Course Mapping

  • The Care Certificate
  • CQC Key Line of Enquiry S4 (Proper and Safe Use of Medicines)
  • NICE – Management of Medicines in Care Homes, March 2014
  • NICE – Management of Medicines in Community Settings, March 2017
  • Health and Social Care Act (Regulated Activities) 2014

Accredited with

We are a Skills for Care endorsed learning provider

Practical workshop content - morning (click to expand)

  • The main cause of medication errors
  • An overview of how to give medicines systematically (to avoid errors)
  • Examples of medicines paperwork available from us (care plans, PRN protocols, body maps etc.)
  • The checks needed on the medicines chart (video demonstration)
  • Administering from MDS (blister pack activities)
  • Recording on medicines charts (examples and practical exercises)
  • Initial simulated medicines round no. 1
  • An introduction to the 7-point medicines cross check
  • 7 point check – group activity
  • Mid-point simulated medicines round no. 2
  • Individual teaching if required
  • Final simulated medicines round no. 3

Practical workshop content - afternoon (click to expand)

  • Administering oral liquids
  • Which measuring device is best (practical activity)
  • Measuring and administering using oral syringes
  • Assessed activity
  • Administering topical medicines to the skin
  • Demonstration and group activity
  • Administering inhalers
  • Demonstration and group activity
  • Administer eye drops
  • Demonstration and group activity

Workbook content (click to expand)

  • Understand the rules around how you manage medicines
  • Care planning: establishing what support a person needs with their medicines
  • Self-administration of medicines
  • Ordering and receiving medication
  • Safe storage of medication
  • Disposing of medication
  • Record keeping with medicines
  • Verbal orders/remote prescribing
  • The timing of medicines
  • Administering medicines in a systematic way to avoid errors
  • Infection control issues/when are gloves needed?
  • Preparation of equipment and a drink
  • Medicines paperwork (care plans, PRN protocols, body maps etc.)
  • Checking the client’s identity
  • Pain assessment scales
  • The checks needed on the medicines chart
  • Breakdown of a pharmacy label
  • Expiry and period after opening dates
  • Checking original packs: the 7-point medicines cross check
  • Checking MDS (blister) packs
  • Cautionary and advisory labels
  • ‘Pop and dot’ and preparing for administration
  • Administering in a person-centred way
  • Consent
  • Coding the medicines administration record
  • Administering controlled drugs
  • When medicines are declined
  • Covert administration of medicines
  • Information about medicines and side effects
  • Drug interactions and non-prescribed medicines
  • Administering solid oral medicines
  • Swallowing difficulties
  • Giving medicines around food
  • Crushing or splitting tablets
  • Lozenges, pastilles, buccal tablets and oral sprays
  • Administering oral liquids
  • Applying topical medication to the skin
  • Applying topical patches
  • Administering inhalers
  • Administering eye drops
  • Administering ear drops
  • Administering nose drops

Also available as

Online Training

An online course

£37.50