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Topic outline

Hours

Face to Face (F2F)

Independent Learning (NF2F)

Total Hours

L

T

P

O

T1

Introduction

·       Actual situation – statistics

·       Medication process

·       Nurses roles & responsibilities

1

1

T2

The medication process and related responsibilities

·       Prescription

·       Indenting/Transcription

·       Dispensing

·       Storage

·       Administration

·       Documentation

·       Monitoring

·       Reporting

1

1

T3

Medication error and types

·       Definitions

·       Types and sub-types

·       Identifying a valid prescription

·       Good prescription practice

·       Causes of medication errors

3

2

5

T4

Prevention of medication errors

·       Levels of prevention

·       Relation to International Patient Safety Goals (IPSG) (JCIA)

·       Key medication policies

·       Understanding frequency abbreviations on prescriptions

·       The 10 Rights of medication administration

2

2

T5

Managing medication errors

·       Immediate actions

·       Incident reporting

·       Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

·       Corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)

3

3

T6

Drug calculations

·       Tablets

·       Syrup

·       Injections

·       IV fluids

3

3

T7

Administration of medications

·       Oral

·       Intra-dermal

·       Subcutaneous

·       Intra-muscular

·       Intra-venous

4

9

13

Assessment

2

2

Total

17

11

2

30