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| MEDICATION REVIEW FOR NURSES WITH MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION (WITH LAB) Hours: 64.00 CEUS: 6.40 The course consists of 48 on-line pharmacology and administration lectures, as well as 8 hours of laboratory practice and 8 hours of formal competency testing for administration of all types of medications. At the end of this course students will be able to: 1. Integrate the Nurse Practice Act into medication administration 2. Identify common medication errors in healthcare and identify the incidence, cause, implications, and ramifications 3. Identify ethical principles of medication administration 4. Define absorption, distribution, and elimination of medications 5. Identify how medication administration differs across the life span 6. Identify the impact of substance use and abuse on client outcomes by physicians, nurses, and clients 7. 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 * Identify sections that pertain to medication administration and misconduct * Define of 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 * List the incidence of errors in the United States * List the causes of medication errors and the impact and ramifications on clients, nurses, and healthcare institutions * Develop a plan to reduce the number of medication errors and defend your plan with resources from literature reviews * List ethical principles of medication administration. Apply the principles to one situation in which you were involved. * Answer the question: Why is it important for health care providers to be aware of OTC medications and herbals? * Define Absorption, Distribution, and Elimination Laboratory Policies: The laboratory hours are to be arranged by the nurse with the instructor via private email upon completion of the lectures and successfully passing of each unit examination. The nurse must pass an exam, in the lab, prior to beginning the competency testing. The exam consists of questions related to math calculations, medications, and administration. This exam must be passed on the first attempt with a score of 80% or better. The laboratory study consists of 8 hours of practice utilizing case scenarios. The last 8 hours consist of a case study competency based formal check-off. The nurse will be given 6 patients to provide care and medicate in the laboratory setting. The nurse must successfully medicate all 6 clients in the setting with no medication errors or deficiency in care. 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.,/pre> Has 16 lab hours at the Healthcare Training Center. 
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