Hours: 48.00

CEUS: 4.80

This course consists of 48 hours of on-line pharmacology and administration lectures. It is a comprehensive medication review of current medications that are commonly administered.

Upon successful completion of this course the nurse will receive a certificate for verification of successful completion of the medication review course. This certificate should be copied and mailed to the Board of Nursing.

At the end of this course students will be able to:
* Integrate the Nurse Practice Act into medication administration
* Identify common medication errors in healthcare and identify the incidence, cause, implications, and ramifications
* Identify ethical principles of medication administration
* Define absorption, distribution, and elimination of medications
* Identify how medication administration differs across the life span
* Identify the impact of substance use and abuse on client outcomes by physicians, nurses, and clients
* Identify nursing implications, such as trade and generic names, side effects, lab values to be monitored, safe doses, routes, client education, and nursing interventions of common medications administered in the acute care setting

Tasks:
Read the Nurse Practice Act and identify sections that pertain to medication administration and misconduct and:
* Define suspension and revocation
* Define the "code of conduct"
* Describe the procedure for disciplinary hearings
* Define incompetence and unprofessional conduct
* Define "administration of medications"
* List common medication errors; the incidence of errors in the United States; causes of medication errors and the impact and ramifications on clients, nurses, and healthcare institutions
* List ethical principles of medication administration and apply the principles to one situation in which you were involved. Why is it important for health care providers to be aware of OTC medications and herbals?
* Define Absorption, Distribution, and Elimination. Why are these principles important to healthcare professionals?

Grading:
The nurse must achieve a minimum score of 80% on each of the on-line lecture examinations to be successful in the course. If the student does not achieve a score of 80% on an individual examination, it is the nurse's responsibility to notify the instructor via private email.

Contact Information:
It is recommended that the nurse contact the instructor by utilizing the private email feature within the program. If the student is unable to access the instructor via private email, the following methods may be utilized.

Abbe Fass, RN, BSN
Greenville Technical College
Buck Mickel Center, Room 184
PO Box 5616
Greenville, SC 29606
Fax: (864) 250-8806
Phone: (864) 250-8235
email: abbe.fass@gvltec.edu
Email is the preferred method of contact as I am not in my office most of the time.

IMPORTANT! A 90 day period is given to complete the course regardless of the length of the course unless otherwise specified. After 90 days, access will be discontinued unless an extension fee is paid.

If you wish to register on-line for this course, click the above button to add it to your Enrollment Card and start the registration process.