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Medication Administration Training
Learn the principles of safe medication assistance and administration: the rights of medication administration, routes, abbreviations, dose calculations, documentation, storage, controlled substances and error prevention. What you are permitted to administer depends on your state, role and employer policy; always work within your legal scope and facility protocols.
9h13 lessonsCertificate included
$189.00
Enroll now- Rich lessons, games & a final exam
- Lifetime access to course content
- Verifiable certificate (valid 24 months)
What you'll learn
- Apply the rights of medication administration every time
- Read orders and labels, and interpret common abbreviations
- Calculate basic doses and convert units
- Recognise adverse reactions and respond correctly
- Store, count, document and report medications properly
Syllabus
1. Scope of Practice and Legal Responsibility · 1 lessons
- Read: Scope of Practice and Legal Responsibility7 min
2. The Rights of Medication Administration · 1 lessons
- Read: The Rights of Medication Administration7 min
3. Reading Prescriptions, Labels and Orders · 1 lessons
- Read: Reading Prescriptions, Labels and Orders7 min
4. Abbreviations, Units and Safe Notation · 1 lessons
- Read: Abbreviations, Units and Safe Notation7 min
5. Routes of Administration · 1 lessons
- Read: Routes of Administration7 min
6. Oral Medication Administration · 1 lessons
- Read: Oral Medication Administration7 min
7. Topical, Eye, Ear, Nasal and Inhaled Medications · 1 lessons
- Read: Topical, Eye, Ear, Nasal and Inhaled Medications7 min
8. Dosage Calculations and Unit Conversions · 1 lessons
- Read: Dosage Calculations and Unit Conversions7 min
9. Pharmacology Basics: How Drugs Work · 1 lessons
- Read: Pharmacology Basics: How Drugs Work7 min
10. High-Alert Medications · 1 lessons
- Read: High-Alert Medications7 min
11. Controlled Substances, Storage and Counts · 1 lessons
- Read: Controlled Substances, Storage and Counts7 min
12. Documentation and the MAR · 1 lessons
- Read: Documentation and the MAR7 min
13. Final exam · 1 lessons
- Final exam (25 questions)25 min