Aims and Objectives
Course Contents
- Legislation, guidance and best practice
- Policies and Procedures
- Levels of support
- Mental capacity and medication administration
- What is a medicine
- How medicines work
- Forms of medication
- Generic & branded medication
- Contraindications
- Adverse (side) effects
- Preparation for medication administration
- Medication administration techniques and good practice
- The 6 rights of medication administration
- Risks associated with medication administration
- Safe storage of medication
- Controlled drugs
- Recording
- Medication errors
- Disposal of unused or rejected medication
- Medication audits
- Common medication in social care and how they work