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We are constantly on the lookout for NVQ assessors and trainers for short courses (like first aid). Please visit our vacancies page if you wish to apply for a position
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Short Courses:
We are able to offer funded places (subject to eligibility) for all our short and health and safety courses.
Contact Amanda at the office for more details
Elstree Business Centre
Elstree Way
Borehamwood
Herts
WD6 1RX
Tel: 0845 200 8536
Fax: 0845 200 8537
Email:enquiries@jemcare.net
Safe use and administration of medication
The one day medication training will cover the following:
An introduction to medicines
- Accountability
- Legal responsibilities
Ordering of medicines
- Prescriptions
- Supply
- Verbal orders
Storage of medicines
Administration of medicines
- General considerations
- MAR sheets
- Guidelines for administration
- Oral medicines
- Capsules
- Tablets
- Liquids
- Intra-nasal medicines
- Intra-ocular medicines
- Intra-aural medicines
- Inhaled medicines
- Vaginal and rectal medicines
- Topical medicines
- Transdermal medicines
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Self administration of medicines
- Labelling
- Service user education
- Medicine compliance devices
Homely Remedies
Refusal of medicines
Controlled drugs
- Storage of controlled drugs
- Temazepam
- Oramorph
- Controlled drug register
- Administration of controlled drugs
- Disposal of controlled drugs
Common side effects from medicines in older service users
- Hypnotics and sedatives
- Neuroleptics
- Antidepressants
- Digoxin
- Diuretics
- Anti-inflammatory medicines
- Anti-hypertensive’s
- Analgesics
Errors associated with the administration of medicine
Disposal of medicines
- Safe disposal
This course will finish with a multiple choice test ensuring that candidates have understood the information and will be given a certificate attesting to their knowledge as outlined above.