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Short Courses - Administration of
Medication
Course
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Administration
and Storage of Medication
Assisting
in the Administration of Medication
Lead Tutor
Muriel Hood RGN.
Muriel has over 20 years experience in nursing, working in in senior
positions in both social care and health care and with a wide range of
clients, including older people and children with additional needs. She
has a keen interest in skills development and is responsible for care
assistant training in her current post.
Guidelines
National Care
Standards
Example extracts
from the standards for Care Homes for Older People, but typical of the
standards generally:
Standard 15
Keeping Well - Medication
If you need to
take medication, staff know this and there are arrangements in place for
you to take your medication safely and in the way that suits you best.
4. If you are on
medication that someone else needs to administer ..., the staff will do
this in a way that recognises your dignity and privacy, as set out in
your personal plan.
6. If you have
your medication managed for you, you can be confident the home has
comprehensive systems in place for ordering medication and for its safe
storage and administration ....
8. You are
confident that staff will monitor your medication and condition for
which it has been prescribed ....
9. You are
confident that the home keeps accurate, up-to-date records of all the
medicines that have been ordered, taken or not taken, and disposed of.
Royal
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain - The Handling of Medicines in
Social Care
Principle 3:
Care staff who help people with their medicines are competent.
In social care
settings people who are unable to manage their own medicines are
entitled to have someone who is adequately trained and knowledgeable to
give their medicines to them. Only staff who have been given appropriate
training and have demonstrated they are competent should do this.
Staff Training
Care workers
must be appropriately trained in the handling and use of medication ....
As a minimum training should cover:
- the supply,
storage and disposal of medicines
- safe
administration of medicines
- quality
assurance and record-keeping
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accountability, responsibility and confidentiality.
administration and storage
of medication
Suitable
for carers in a variety of settings (hospitals, care homes, community
and domestic) who are responsible for preparing, administering and
storing medication, and monitoring and
recording its effects.
Content:
relevant staff - routes of administration - physiological
measurements - equipment
and methods - immediate problems and adverse reactions -
standard precautions and health and safety procedures - storage -
legal requirements
and codes of practice
Certification:
TfC attendance certificate
Length:
6 hours
Participants:
Maximum 15
Fees:
Group £400 (15);
Individual £55
assisting
in the administration of medication
Suitable
for carers who assist in the administration of medication to individuals
and/or during “drug rounds” within the care setting. The carer will
always work with a member of staff
responsible for leading the procedure.
Content:
relevant staff - equipment and methods - standard precautions and
safety measures - legal requirements and codes of practice
Certification:
TfC attendance certificate
Length:
3 hours
Participants:
Maximum 15
Fees:
Group £300
(15); Individual
£40
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