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Medication Awareness Training for Care
This Medication Awareness Training course is specifically targeted at care workers who look after residents in a care home. It provides an overview of how to manage residents’ medical needs; the legal responsibilities involved; and how to deliver, store, and dispose of medication and effectively manage doses.
This online Medication Awareness Training for Care provides essential training to care assistants and general care staff working in both nursing and non-nursing care homes. Participants will learn how to administer and manage medication that aligns with legal requirements to perform the administration safely.
It’s the responsibility of Care Home Managers to ensure that their staff are suitably trained – what’s considered “suitable training” is at their discretion. This Administering Medication in Care Homes training course acts as a refresher - or a reminder of the essentials - to be used alongside practical training.
Course participants will understand the needs of an individual before the administration of medication through the online course and will learn the importance of Medicines Administration Record [MAR] sheets. Alongside this, recognising the side effects should a patient have a reaction to some of the medication provided.
By following the guidelines set by The Department of Health, we ensure participants are given the best training possible.
Understanding the needs of patients, safe handling of medications, preparation and recording are all key parts of this Medication Awareness Training for Care.
Alternative languages available. Check our translation page if you require an alternative language.
Key features
- CPD accredited
- Complete the course in just 30 minutes
- Ideal training for carers (both domestic and professional)
- Demonstrate the risks associated with the incorrect medication administration
- Knowledge of legislation surrounding administration
- Free trial, online demo and bulk discounts available
- Course translations readily available!
Covered in this course
The Medication Awareness Training for Care course is broken down into 3 sections.
1) Policies and The Law
The first section begins by laying the foundations of administering medication by looking at what the law says, what a care home’s medication policy should contain, and what needs to be in a patient’s care plan. It also discusses the philosophy of “Person-Centred Care”.
2) Medication
This section looks at medication itself; the different categories of medication, the different kinds of dosages, how to read a pharmacist’s label, and how to safely deliver, store and dispose of medication.
3) Administering Medication
This final section is all about processes. It covers the legal and best-practice processes that need to be considered when giving medication to residents in a care home. This includes how to look after residents who self-medicate; what to do if you need to covertly administer medication; and how to manage emergency medication.
Medication Awareness Training in Care Certificate
Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
Medication Awareness Training for Care course concludes with a 20 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questionnaires guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your Medication Awareness in Care Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Real user reviews
Based on 7 real user reviews.
A concise easy to follow training course
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good course
I found it a good way of learning . and very informative .
Good Training
Informative and easy to follow the training because of Video version.
very informative
I found the explanations very easy to understand and quite remarkably easy to recall when doing the required questionnaire at the end so straightforward.
Quite good
It helps to understand the knowledge around safe administration of medicine including legislation and policies within a care home setting
really good
I found the training to be good very informative well explained.
good
have not got access to sound on the computer so the videos are pointless and time consuming
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Legislation relating to Administration of Medication in Care
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work. Take a look at relevant legislation below.
The Administration of Medicines relates to these Health and Safety legislations;
- Administration of Medicines in Care Homes (with nursing) for Older People by Care Assistants (2016).
- The Human Medicines Regulations 2012
- NICE Managing Medicines in Care Homes 2014
What are some of the NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) Managing Medicines in Care Homes guidance terms?
- To provide guidance for those providing medicines to others in Care Homes
- A collective responsibility for those who are in Care
- Treatment and care should take into account for an individual's needs
As a minimum, training should cover: the supply, storage and disposal of medicines; safe administration of medicines; quality assurance and record-keeping; and accountability, responsibility and confidentiality