Medication Management for Nurses and Midwives

This Medication Management for Nurses and Midwives will provide you with the knowledge and skills required to administer medication safely and efficiently in a range of clinical settings. This course aim is to enhance the theoretical foundations in medicines management to enable you to develop critical thinking skills to safely expand and develop your role as part of the comprehensive and holistic management of the patient. You'll have an appreciation of the legislation and regulation governing medication administration. You will also learn how to minimize, reduce or eliminates medication errors. You'll gain an understanding of the importance of confidentiality and security in all procedures of drug administration. You will understand the importance of infection control in medicines administration.

Medication Management for Nurses and Midwives is suitable for anyone who wants to gain extensive knowledge, potential experience and professional skills in the related field. This course is CPD accredited so you don't have to worry about the quality.

CPD

General Principles and Responsibilities:

• Legislation
• Key Principles
• Five Rights of Medication Administration
• Double-checking Medications
• Monitoring and documentation of medication management
• Patient/service-user Education
• Considerations for Withholding of Medication
• The Cycle of Medication Management
• Transcription of Prescription/Medication Order
• Use of Facsimile
• Medication Administration
• Dispensing of Medicinal Products
• Scheduled MDA Drugs
• Management of MDA Schedule 2 Drugs
• Storage of Medicinal Products
• Safety in Medication Management
• Medication Errors
• Crushing Medications
• Immunisations and vaccinations
• Adverse Drug Reaction
• Incidents Involving Medical Devices
• Medication Protocols
• Medication Protocols
• Medication Protocol Framework Template
• Appendices
• Terms Relating to Medication Management
• References - Medication Management

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