Administering Medications the Right Way

(student text)

ADMINISTERING MEDICATIONS THE RIGHT WAY, Margaret Casey-Mederios

This manual incorporates state-of-the-art principles that support training for both professionals and noncertified staff. The goal of the training is to administer medications in a mindful, error-free manner. The book covers special situations, obtaining medications, and the documentation, recording, and storage of medications as well as administering medications. The manual primarily focuses on the administration of oral medications with a description of all other routes available in the reference section of the manual. In addition, students practice using a dropper, an oral dosing syringe, a medication cup, and more.

The training manual reproduces pages from the student manual and gives helpful hints and teaching techniques in the margins. The appendices include all the tools a trainer needs for student practice and testing, including a final exam with answer key, and course outlines for teaching within various time schedules. The appendices are three-hole punched and packaged separately so that they may be photocopied as needed.

CC&R Healthcare Solutions, 2005, spiral bound, 192 pages (student text); binder, 192 pages and 152 pages of appendices (instructor’s manual), CD-ROM