Medication Management for Health & Social Care
Added on 24/06/2024Full Description
Inspire Training offers medication management for health and social care, this course is ideal for both new and experienced health care assistants, support workers and anyone else involved in the administration and management of medication.
Medication can be one of the most daunting aspects of care for both new and experienced staff. Our course aims to support and provide carers with knowledge around common medications, how to correctly administer them and emphasises the dangers of incorrect administration.
We explore both residential and private settings, how to store medication and how to achieve best practice in all these environments.
Learning Aims and Objectives of our Medication Management training
- Define medication
- Awareness of why we take medication
- Routes of medication (e.g. intranasal, intramuscuclar, topical etc.)
- How medication works and journey of a pill
- Medication classifications
- Law and legislation
- Roles and responsibilities of health care professionals
- Controlled drug management
- The 6 rights of administration
- Observing for side effects and what to do in an emergency including reference to the BNF
- Administration and recording on MAR charts, PRN charts and other documentation
- Practical demonstrations, assessment and competencies
This course emphasises the importance of accurate record keeping and dispensing of medication which is vital in preventing unnecessary medication errors.
Medication errors refer to any preventable events that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to the person. These errors can happen at any stage of the medication process, including prescribing, dispensing, administering, or monitoring. They can involve incorrect dosages, wrong medications, incorrect timing, or inappropriate routes of administration.
We will demonstrate effective use of the British National Formulary (BNF) app to help participants recognise side effects whilst also providing person centred care by being able to explain to the individual what the medication is for.
We cover what to do in the event of an overdose or other medication error and can also align this to meet your policies and procedures.
The course has an accompanying workbook which is available as a resource, multiple choice test and practical competencies sign off.
We can bespoke the practical element by using your own MAR charts and other documentation, this would need to be arranged before the course date. We can provide paper training MAR charts and other documentation, but these are generic and may not fit your training requirements. We also appreciate that many care providers are now using digital care planning, and we are more than happy to include this within your training.
Please contact us for further information.