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MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION TRAINING – FOUNDATION WORKSHOPS (COMMUNITY SETTINGS) IN DEPTH VERSION

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Course overview

This is a more in depth version of our Foundation Course in Medicines Administration for Community Settings. Learners receive a more comprehensive workbook: 16 modules (122 pages) vs 7 modules (32 pages), and are also registered for an online module to tests their knowledge from the studying book. This version is accredited by the Royal College of Nursing plus we are an endorsed learning provider for Skills for Care. It is suitable for nurses, but also care staff who require a more in depth foundation course. Practical workshop content is the same: teaching how to administer medicines in a systematic way against our competence checklist (refined on an ongoing basis from research into why medication errors occur) thereby reducing medication 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 (e.g. home care, reablement, supported living).

Format and duration

  • A full-day practical workshop
  • a comprehensive 16 module, 122 page workbook
  • an online module

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

Accredited with

  • The Royal College of Nursing

We are an endorsed learning provider for Skills for Care

Course price

Full day: £995

+ trainer expenses (click here for details). Note that these are the total course prices to which VAT applies.

Course content

Practical workshop full day - content (click to expand)

Morning content:

  • 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

Afternoon content:

  • 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)

All learners receive a comprehensive 122-page workbook providing the following knowledge:

 

  • 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