Course Code: REL-PAC-0-BASMM
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2028
Learning Objectives:
Describe the importance of medication management in the post-acute care setting.
Apply the rights of medication management to improve safety.
Identify best strategies for medication delivery.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Medication Management Overview
Importance of Medication Management
Medication Management Challenges
Multiple Disease Processes and Polypharmacy
Multiple Providers
Diverse Cultural Beliefs
Lack of Compliance
Other Challenges
How to Manage Challenges
Review
Summary
Section 3: Safe Medication Assistance
Self-Administration with Assistance
Rights of Medication Administration
Right Drug
Right Dose
Right Time and Frequency
Right Route
Right Person
Right Documentation
Other Rights of Medication Administration
Right to Refuse
Right Reason
Review
Summary
Section 4: Medication Assistance Delivery Overview
Medication Set-up
Before You Begin with Medication Assistance
Universal Steps
Let’s Dance
Oral Medications
Eye Drops
Ear Drops
Topical and Transdermal Medications
Nasal Sprays, Pumps, or Drops
Inhalers
Nebulizers
Suppositories
Completion of the Medication Assistance Process
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
References
Instructor: Tameka N. Warren, MSN, RN, CLC
Tameka N. Warren, MSN, RN, CLC, earned her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from Indiana University School of Nursing at IUPUI, and her Associate of Science in Nursing from Ivy Tech College. She has over 20 years of nursing experience in public health, regulation, home health, leadership, education, maternal child community health, and long-term care environments. Tameka has served as a leader in home healthcare practices, quality improvement, and education as a community health nurse and a Public Health Nurse Surveyor (Home Health & Hospice) certified by CMS for a State Agency. She has served as a maternal and infant mortality advocate in managing home visiting services, supporting legislation to improve maternal child care in diverse communities, and as an ALPP Certified Lactation Counselor. She has also served as an Adjunct Clinical Professor to further awareness about the importance of community health nursing. Tameka’s passion is to serve the most vulnerable populations affected by health disparities and to inspire a new generation of nurses to do the same successfully.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Medication Personnel; in the following settings: Skilled Nursing Facility.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.