Care staff may be required to prompt, assist and administer medications to clients in a variety of care settings. However, medication errors remain a common cause for harm in Australian healthcare. This Ausmed Training Module will provide care staff with a deeper understanding of the best practices involved in safely prompting, assisting and administering medicines to help reduce errors and work within their scope.
Understand the difference between medication prompting, medication assistance and medication administration.
Know your scope of practice as a care worker in regards to medication administration.
Know and follow the rights of safe medication administration.
Care workers that are certified and competent in assisting clients with medication.
Assign mandatory training and keep all your records in-one-place.
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