Course Code: REL-PAC-0-DMEDS
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2026
Learning Objectives:
Define your role in medication administration and documentation.
Describe medication administration records and medication logs.
Summarize best practices for documenting the administration of medications and their storage, disposal, donation, and destruction.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Medication Records
Your Role
Medication Documentation Overview
Written Resident Records
Electronic Health Record
Medication Service
Medication Labels
Medication Administration Record (MAR) Components
Medication Log
Review
Summary
Section 3: Documenting Medications
Be Clear and Concise
Special Circumstances
Refusal to Take Medications
Wasted Medications
Controlled Medications
Correct Errors Promptly
Medication Dosing Errors
Meet Suzie
Meet Billy
Summary
Section 4: Best Practices
A Brief Word About Abbreviations
Guidelines for Documentation
PRN Medications
The Rights of Medication Administration
Communicating Your Concerns
Important Questions to Ask
Medication Storage
Medication Disposal
Medication Donation and Destruction
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributor
References
Congratulations!
Instructor: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N.
Jennifer has over 30 years of clinical and teaching experience, and her areas of expertise are critical care and home health. She is certified as an OASIS Specialist- Clinical (COS-C) and is a Curriculum Designer in post-acute care for Relias. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Virginia in 1993 and her Master of Science in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1996. Her professional practice in education is guided by a philosophy borrowed from Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, “I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for this purpose, I venture to give her some hints.”
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.