Medication Management

This 3 hour training course will be delivered by a Clinical Nurse Educator with first hand clinical experience, drawing on their own experience and knowledge.

Suitable For:
This content is aimed at all health and social care staff. Suitable for those new to medication administration or those looking to enhance their skills or to review current practice.

Session Aim:
Medicines management, also referred to as medicines optimisation, has been defined by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 2004 as: “The clinical, cost effective and safe use of medicines to ensure patients get the maximum benefit from the medicines they need, while at the same time minimising potential harm.”

This course aims to empower our workforce to consider all the benefits and risks of medicines management and take a person-centred approach to care. We will explore routes of administration such as oral, rectal, inhalation, injection and transdermal as well as understand the guidance and legislation governing medicines management using sources such as MHRA, NICE and BNF.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the legislative framework for the use of medications in your care setting.
• Understand and identify the different classes and uses of medications.
• To state the benefits and risks of medicines management.
• An overview of how medications are prescribed.
• Personal accountability and the legal implications of record keeping and reporting.
• Demonstrate understanding of the different techniques for administering medications.
• Adverse reactions, yellow card reporting, the medical alerts system and how this relates to
  your care setting.