Safe Medication Administration 1 – Residential Care

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CPD POINTS: 2

We present this program using a clinical scenario that requires the participant to recognise safe and unsafe practice. Although extremely important, the ability to calculate medication doses accurately is but one of a multitude of factors that lead to safe practice in medication administration. The drug calculation section is a review of the formulae in common calculations, rather than an intensive maths skills program. This program uses the same scenario to the Acute Care version, however the acute care version includes an additional section on IV calculations.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this program participants will demonstrate the ability to:

Relate the five rights of drug administration to clinical examples.
State common factors that can lead to medication errors.
Recognise unsafe drug administration practices.
Recognise inappropriate or unclear orders.
Identify appropriate actions to minimise risk of medication errors.
Calculate accurate drug dosages using appropriate formulae.
Reflect upon own practices in drug administration.