Medication Safety in Care Home Setting
Course Aims:
In the course of their work social care workers may support an individual with their medication.
As professionals they have a ‘duty of care’ to ensure that every individual is supported with their medication safely and with no error.
Medication is a mandatory training subject that must be completed before supporting any vulnerable individual, in a professional capacity.
This course is suitable for care staff working in care homes or organisations where they do not have to work remotely in the community.
Accreditation: This course is CPD certified.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand legislation, regulations and national guidelines that govern medication practice in health and social care.
- Know of policies and local procedures to support medication practice.
- Understand the levels of medication practice.
- Know the types of medicines they will support with.
- Understand the routes of administration.
- Identify medication aids and safe practice.
- Correctly record and report medication practice.
- Identify and report errors in medication.
- Understand the support they will receive for medication practice.
FAQs
Are Courses Certified?
Courses are fully certified. Once a learner successfully completes a course you are able to contact us directly to receive your Certification.
How are Courses Going to be Delivered?
Courses are delivered online and work on any internet enabled device. As long as you have access to an internet connection you can complete courses when and where you like 24 hours a day.
Are Online Courses Accredited?
Yes, our Courses are CPD Certified.
How Long do Courses Take to Complete?
Some of our shorter courses will typically take between 30 minutes and an hour to complete. Some of the bigger ones will take longer and depends largely on each individual’s learning speed.
Level:
2, 3 & 4
Course Syllabus Includes:
- Legislation and Regulation
- National Guidelines
- Prompt, Assist
- Self-administration
- Administration
- Specialised Techniques
- Rights of Medication
- Types of Medication
- Controlled Drugs
- Physiological Measurements
- Variable Dosage Medicines
- Unprescribed Medicines
- Routes of Administration
- Medication Aids
- Safe Practice
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Adverse Reactions
- Contraindications
- Storage
- Disposal
- Ordering, Delivery, Returns
- Recording and Reporting
- Medication Errors, Safeguarding
- Support in Practice