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Medication Awareness & Dosage Calculation: An Introductory Package for Nurses Online Course

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Medication Awareness & Dosage Calculation: An Introductory Package for Nurses Online Course

Benefits

  • Improve your career prospects.
  • Learn valuable knowledge, skills, advice and guidance to help you achieve success.
  • Study online from anywhere.
  • Study at your own pace.
  • Download and print your industry recognised certificate on successful completion.

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  • Self-Paced Online
  • Online
  • English

Suitability - Who should attend?

Who can take the course?

Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirents.

Outcome / Qualification etc.

Learning Outcomes

Medication Awareness & Dosage Calculation: An Introductory Package for Nurses- Section 1

  • The Nurse's Role in Medication Management
  • Legislation Governing Medication in the UK
  • Classification of Medication
  • Understanding Doses
  • Prescribing
  • Routes of Administration
  • Orders of Medication
  • Medication Administration Checks
  • End of Section Quiz

Medication Awareness and Dosage Calculation- Section 2

  • A Note on Numeracy
  • Understanding Decimals, The Metric system and S.I. Units.
  • Mini Quiz

Medication Awareness & Dosage Calculation: Section 2.1

  • Dosage Calculations
  • Tablets, Capsules and Caplets
  • Mini Quiz

Medication Awareness and Dosage Calculation: Section 2.2

  • Liquid Oral Medicines
  • Mini Quiz

Medication Awareness and Dosage Calculation: Section 2.3

  • Injection medications
  • Mini Quiz

Medication Awareness and Dosage Calculation: Section 2.4

  • Intravenous (IV) infusions & Flow Rate Calculations
  • Mini Quiz

Medication Awareness and Dosage Calculation: Section 2.5

  • Dosage by Body Weight
  • Mini Quiz

Medication Awareness and Dosage Calculation: Section 3

  • Storage
  • Safe Disposal of Medicines
  • Adverse Events
  • End of Course Summary

Course delivery details

We estimate that the entire program is likely to take around 2-4 hours to work through initially, but you may want to allow more time to repeat some areas. You should allow an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.

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