Medication Administration Course
As a healthcare professional providing care to aged and disabled people, you will be required to administer the medication at some point in time. The doctor’s job comes to diagnosis and building a curing strategy, whereas your role will be to execute the strategy and medication administration will be a crucial part of it.
The program’s key highlight includes Auz Training’s excellent training facilities, infrastructure, experienced trainers and well-designed program curriculum. In a matter of days, you will get to go through the first principles of administering medication to understanding how to play your role in doing so.
If you want to build a career in healthcare services, especially focusing on elderly and disabled care in a hospital, community or a home – you have to ensure you take this course along with a diploma or certificate in aged or disabled care from Auz Training. That way, you will get to have a broad understanding of the diploma and will be able to use the skills acquired during the Medication Administration Course to perform your everyday duties with finesse.
1. Course Structure & Delivery Methods
Since the course is meant to provide very tangible and necessary skills that will help you do your job, the course is entirely designed for offline classes. As soon as you have enrolled for the course, you will be required to attend the lectures in the classroom setting. This will ensure you get an immersive experience that allows you to have both theoretical and practical understanding. Since the program is concentrated, it runs only for two days – at the end of which, you will be given a certificate of attendance.
The course principally imparts all the knowledge in two key parts:
Client Assistance
This component of the course is designed to give you comprehensive training on how to prepare your client for medication. The course starts with a primer on medication and its role in curing, followed by a basic walkthrough on the basic types of delivery methods you should be aware of.
Sometimes, at work, you will face a situation which can be termed a medication contingency. The program will take you through simulations and instructional material on how to respond in these situations, without letting panic or indecisiveness take over. This is one of the most important aspects of the program, since it trains you for something that does not frequently happen but can be life-threating, if it does. This way, the by end of the program, you will have an added value reflecting on your credentials.
Medication Effectiveness Study & Documentation
The second part of the program focuses on the administration of the intake, effectiveness and dosage of the medication. It starts with understanding the legal and medical permissible limits you should know about it, to ensure the right quantity of medication to be given in a dosage schema. Along with this, you will get to understand how does the medication work in general terms and what are the expected effects of the medicine’s intake. You will be able to debrief other people after a regular analysis of the medication’s effectiveness and also take care of all the necessary documentation.
2. Topic Covered
Assist clients with medication
- Preparation for the medication assistance
- Steps to prepare the client for medication administration
- Providing support to clients with medication administration
- Steps to be taken in case of any medication contingencies
- Medication documentation and distribution to be completed
Administer and monitor medications
- Risk identification to the safe administration of medication
- Preparation of medication administration
- Identification and preparation of clients for medication administration
- Administration of medication in regard legal parameters
- Monitoring the client’s response to the medication administration
3. Eligibility Criteria
If you fulfil all of these criteria, you might be eligible for the program:
- You are a Citizen, permanent resident of Australia or currently holding a valid Australian visa.
- You have attained a Certificate III in Individual support or a certified higher degree of training.
- You are physically and mentally fit to attend the course in its entirety.
- You are open to giving a test at the beginning of the course that determines your eligibility and one at the end of the course that grades your competence.
To determine your eligibility criteria, please write to us at info@nursingtrainingaustralia.com
4. Where Will This Course Take You?
The program is essentially a non-accredited certification that you can use to enhance your skillset. The program in and by itself is not meant to make your profile apt for the job market. But in cohesion with one of our other programs in aged and disability care, it will help you be in the top percentile of the most employable candidates. You can expect to take one of the following tracks:
Entering the Job Market
With the program under your belt, along with other qualifications, you would make a great candidate for nursing assistance, coordinator/supervisor/assistant delivering healthcare services to clients in hospitals, community and personal spaces.
Continuing Education
You can pair the program with other certificates, diplomas and training programs at Nursing Training.