As a professional you have a ‘duty of care’ to ensure that the individuals you support take their medication safely.

Medication is a mandatory training course that should be completed before supporting anyone with safe administration of medication in a care setting and should be supported with a competency assessment by your employer.

Learning Aims

• To learn the rules and regulations that govern medication practice.
• Learn Types of medicines
• Routes of administration
• Safe practices
• Adverse reactions and potential side effects
• Recording and reporting
• Errors in medication

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