Are you having trouble passing the Virginia Medication Aide STATE BOARDS or perhaps you are in need of the required 4-Hour Refresher course?
If the answer is YES……
This class will review:
Legal and Ethical Issues -Legal and ethical issues include confidentiality, client rights, and issues regarding abuse and neglect.
Preparing For Safe Administration of Medication – The Five Rights of Medication Administration
Pharmacology -include how drugs are classified, purposes and effects of drugs, medical terminology and abbreviations related to drug administrations, and how to use drug information resources.
Administration of Prepared Instillation and Treatments – Describes procedures for administering medications by various routes, including inhalation therapy and the administration of epinephrine in emergency situations.
Documentation – Provides information on the different types of medication orders. Explanation is provided on how to receive verbal orders from health care providers, how to transcribe the orders onto the Medication Administration Record.
Storage and Disposal of Medications – Includes guidelines for storing and securing and disposing of medications, including controlled substances.
Special Issues In Medication Administration – Provides information on special issues related to the care of the elderly and of the cognitively impaired client.
Insulin Administration – Types of diabetes, complications related to diabetes, and the types of insulin
