Administration of Medication Practical

About this course

There are three levels to giving medication: 

Level 1 - prompting and assisting 

Level 2 - administering 

Level 3 - administering in specialist areas after receiving further training 

Candidates will understand the differences between prompting, assisting and administering. By the end of the course they will have reached level 2 and will have covered all of the following: 

• Consent Drug formulation and routes of administration 
• Contra-indications 
• Covert medication 
• Medication errors 
• Management of medications 
• Application of medicines 
• Medication labelling 
• The five rights 
• Homely remedies 
• Reporting and recording procedures 

There is a questionnaire at the end of the course and only candidates who attain the required pass mark will receive certification.