Medication Administration Course

In this medication administration course, you’ll gain essential knowledge through self-paced online learning. The practical medication administration training, held at our Brisbane CBD location, will provide you with real-world skills required for safe medication administration. A competency assessment will conclude your course.

Upon completing the course, you’ll have acquired a new range of skills, including:

• Understand your responsibilities, including regulations and any organisational guidelines behind safely administering medication to clients.
• Prepare the administration of medication by complying with infection prevention and control procedures.
• Understand various medication terminologies, shorthand terms, abbreviations, acronyms, and jargon.
• Be conscious of the different types of medications and the different handling and administration techniques behind each.
• Instruct and support clients in self-administering medication.
• Complete medication documentation and records including but not limited to a medication log.
• Safely use medication facilities and a variety of medication equipment.
• Manage medication schedules to ensure correct dosages are taken at correct times, by the correct person, and in the correct manner
• Comply with Workplace health and safety.
• Safely and correctly store medications when not in use and replenish stock when needed
• Establish a medication agreement with clients.
• Handle medication contingencies such as out of date medication or adverse patient reactions by appropriately recording, reporting, and responding to the event.
• Understand your clients’ specific medication needs, and recognise any behavioural or physical changes which could impact how their medication affects them.
• Carry out your duties with confidence, care, and compassion.
• Understand the 7 rights of medication administration
• Hygienically dispose of medication waste, and clean and store medication equipment.