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MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION TRAINING – FOUNDATION COURSE – COMMUNITY SETTINGS – FACE-TO-FACE – HALF DAY

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Course overview

This half-day Foundation Course in Medicines Administration for for Community settings (home care, reablement, supported living etc.) covers teaches how to safely prepare for, select, administer and record tablets and capsules as a step-by-step process, against a comprehensive competence checklist (built from year’s of research into why medication errors occur). This ensures medicines are given in a safe and systematic way, reducing the risk of errors. This course has been shown to reduce errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council. Learning content on oral liquids, creams and ointments, inhalers, and eye drops, is covered in the accompanying workbook, rather than with the practical activities that take place in the afternoon of the full-day version of this course. In the afternoon, there are practical activities covering how to administer oral liquids, creams and ointments, inhalers, and eye drops, with additional content also in the accompanying workbook. Tailor the workshop by selecting the type of medicines administration record (MAR) that you use, and if you use MDS blister packs.

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

Face-to-face (in person) practical workshop.

Available for paper MAR or eMAR

Duration

3.5 hours

Certification

Two years (click here for details)

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

Course price

Half day: £675 + trainer expenses (click here for details). Note, these are the total course prices to which VAT applies.

Course content

See below (click to expand). Call us if you wish to discuss tailoring content to you.

Practical workshop - content (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

Workbook content (click to expand)

All learners receive a comprehensive workbook providing the following knowledge:

 

  • 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
  • Crushing or spiting tablets
  • Administering oral liquids
  • Applying topical medication to the skin
  • Administering inhalers
  • Administering eye drops
  • When medicines are declined
  • Covert administration of medicines
  • Safe storage of medicines
  • Information about medicines

Also available as

MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION TRAINING – FOUNDATION COURSE – COMMUNITY SETTINGS – FACE-TO-FACE – FULL DAY

FOUNDATION COURSE IN MEDICINES ADMINISTRATION – COMMUNITY SETTINGS – ONLINE

FOUNDATION COURSE IN MEDICINES ADMINISTRATION – COMMUNITY SETTINGS – ONLINE – IN DEPTH VERSION