Course: Medication Awareness and Record Keeping Training for Care Workers
Description
This course aims to provide you with some of the key knowledge and skills necessary to give you an awareness of medication.
This involves understanding medication handling, medication legislation and classification, aspects of prescription, administration, storage, disposal of medicines and record keeping including an overview of E mar.
This course includes STOMP
Updated 2024
Course Contents:
- Section 1
- Aims and Learning Objectives
- Introduction
- The Care Worker's Role in Medication Management
- Legislation Governing Medication in the UK
- STOMP
- Classification of Medication
- Body Systems or Effects of Drugs
- Understanding Doses
- Administering Medicine
- Medication Labels
- Dosages
- Prescribing Medication
- Medicines Act Exemption
- Routes and Methods of Administration
- Administering Medication
- Medication Deliveries
- Medication Administration Checks
- Section 2
- Storage and Disposal of Medication
- Storage and Disposal of Controlled Drugs (CDs)
- Patient's Own Drugs (PODs)
- Self-Medication
- Dependence and Tolerance
- Dosage Errors
- Adverse Event Management
- Recording and Record-Keeping
- What is eMAR?
- Keeping Records for Controlled Drugs (CDs)
- Summary and Key Points
Content
Course overview
This course provides care workers with essential awareness of medication in health and social care. It covers the safe handling, administration, storage and disposal of medication. It also teaches the learner about key legislation, prescription processes, record keeping, including eMAR, and the principles of STOMP to support safe and effective medicines management.
This course includes audio.
Course contents
Section 1
- The Importance of Medication Awareness for a Care Worker
- Legislation Governing Medication in the UK
- STOMP
- Classification of Medication
- Understanding Doses
- Medication Awareness for Carers
- Prescribing
- Routes of Administration
- Tablets, Capsules and Caplets
- Compound Drugs
- Administering Tablet/Capsule Medication
- Liquid Oral Medications
- Prescription, Medication and Administration Checks
- Post Administration Checks
- End of Section Quiz
Section 2
- Storage of Medication
- Storage of Controlled Drugs (CDs)
- Patient's Own Drugs
- Safe Disposal of Medicines
- Disposal of Controlled Drugs (CDs)
- Adverse Event Management
- Medication - Recording and Record Keeping
- Keeping Records for Controlled Drugs (CDs)
- Key Points to Remember
- End of Course Summary
Who should enroll?
- Care workers and support workers
- Healthcare assistants
- Domiciliary (home care) staff responsible for medication routines
- Residential and nursing home staff
- Pharmacy support staff who work with care services
- Team leaders, supervisors and managers with medicines responsibilities
- Anyone assisting individuals with prescribed medication under care plans
Certification/Learning Outcomes
A printable digital certificate is issued upon completing the module(s) and the end of section quizzes. On completing this course, you will:
- Know your role in medication management
- Understand legislation
- Be aware of classification of medications
- Know the concept of dose and interpretation of medication orders
- Be able to accurately and safely measure and administer medication
- Know the different types of medication administration
- Understand the importance of medication administration checks
- Know how to store and dispose of medications
- Competently manage adverse events
£19.95
Course Info
| Has Audio | : | Yes |
| Modules | : | 2 |
| Lectures | : | 66 |
| CPD Hours | : | 3.00 |