Course description the medication management course is designed for staff working within a care environment. This course is in line with the national minimum standards requirements and recent cqc guidelines. Candidates will gain an understanding of the legislation involved with administration of medication, along with being able to follow procedures set for safe administration of medication. Course overviewthis course has been designed to enable you to handle, administer and understand how medication acts in the body and on major organs. It will also allow you to identify some potential side effects and adverse drug reactions that service users could experience and how to manage them. It will give you the opportunity to undertake a variety of drug calculations, to ensure that opportunities of dosage errors are minimised.1. Introductionby completing this section, you will establish what is in the course itself and the learning outcomes of fully completing this online learning module.2. Key termsunderstand some of the key technical terms that play a crucial role in ensuring that medicines are dispensed and administered safely and correctly. The terms that will be reviewed will relate to drugs in the body, they are: therapeutic index half life steady state potency 3. Legislation and medication including care regulators this section will teach you awareness of the law and legislation relating to medication and medication management. You will also become aware of the care regu...
Brand: CORESK
Course description the medication management course is designed for staff working within a care environment. This course is in line with the national minimum standards
