Respite Care Medication Module

Half Day Course

This module provides staff who work in Respite Care, with sufficient knowledge to enable the safe & effective administration of medicines.

The module gives an end-to-end description of medicines management covering the legal framework of medication, the law around prescriptions & once they have completed the relevant module, they will have knowledge of drugs & medicines, the actions of medicines on the body & their side effects.

All the legal aspects of medication handling, responsibility & accountability are also covered & the implications to the attendees if they fail in their duty of care

The course content is as follows:

About Medicines

What are medicines?

Types of medicines & how they act in the body

Side effects/ADRs (adverse drug reactions)

Record Keeping

MAR charts

Checking in medicines & storage

Self administration & administration fundamentals – 6Rs (the 6 rights)

Ordering & dealing with errors

Administering Different Types of Medicines

Topical medicines, eye, ear and nasal drops and sprays, inhalers,

CDs and transdermal patches

Personal products

Patient owned medication

The Law & Regulations

Legal framework of medicines

Regulations governing the management of medicines

Covert administration

The module includes medication issues unique to respite care!

Assessment

The module is 4.5 hours in duration, a workbook is provided and a certificate (valid for 2 years) on successful completion of the multi choice assessment.

Respite Care Medication Module

is available as a

LIVE online interactive webinar!

Call 07771 762 913 for details