Medication Management in an Acute Setting

£15.00

Duration: 2 hours

Designed for registered nurses and midwives working in an acute environment, this course covers the practical and legislative essentials involved in the safe handling of medicines in the busy, and often pressurised, hospital environment.

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Objectives

After completing the course, learners will be able to:

  • Comprehend legislation related to medication management

  • Understand the categories and forms of medication

  • Know about safe receiving, storage and disposal of medication

  • Be knowledgeable about information on generic and branded drugs

  • Understand about frequency and routes of drug administration

  • Understand the essentials of calculating medication doses

Topics


  • Legislation

  • Professional guidelines

  • Benefits and risks

  • Categories

  • Brands and generic names

  • Forms of medication and controlled drugs

  • Complementary and alternative medicines

  • Receiving, storage and disposal

  • Routes

  • Feeding tubes

  • Calculating doses

  • Blood and blood products

  • Cytotoxic drugs and waste

  • Oxygen therapy

  • Capacity and consent

  • Covert administration

  • Discovering and error

  • Reducing the risk

  • ABCDE assessment

  • Paediatric parameters

  • Recognising anaphylaxis

  • Initial and follow-up treatment

  • MHRA yellow card scheme