Medication - Approved Medication for Children Services - Learning and Development courses

Course Title Medication - Approved Medication for Children Services
Course Information

Accredited by the College of Pharmacy Practice to national minimum standards and written to meet the skill set laid out by Skills for Care.

By the end of the course participants will have covered the following:

  • What is a drug?
  • What is medicine?
  • Legislation and medication
  • Legal categories of medicine
  • Know the different forms of medicines and routes of administration
  • Look at the importance of strength, dosage, frequency and timing of medication
  • Know what should appear in a medicine label
  • policy on medication
  • The law and handling medicines
  • Ordering and receiving prescriptions
  • Storage of medicines
  • Disposal of medicines
  • Administering specifics forms of medicines
  • Records for medicines
  • Children and their medication
  • Managing long term condition in children
  • Medicines administration errors
  • Monitoring after medicines administration
  • Side effects
  • Management of controlled drugs
  • Handling non prescribed controlled drugs and their disposal
  • Topics commonly encountered in children and young adults
  • Sources of information
Course length 1 day
Target group

Aimed at residential, community and disability workers.
Dates

Monday 30th September 2024 9.30am to 4.30pm

 Monday 28th October 2024 9.30am to 4.30pm

 Monday 20th January 9.30am to 4.30pm
Venue Brunswick House
Strand Close
Hull
HU2 9DB
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How to apply

Hull City Council Staff

Log on to OLM (Oracle Learning Management System) to enrol.

External to Hull City Council

Complete the online application form (opens in a new window).