After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Explain Florida laws related to nursing assistants assisting patients with self-administered medications
• Differentiate between “medication administration” and “medication self-administration”
• List and explain the 9 Rights of Medication Administration
• Read and understand a prescription label
• Understand common medication classifications
• Understand common medical abbreviations
• Explain the different routes of administration for medications
• Explain the steps to properly assisting with self-administered medications
• Identify signs of an allergic or adverse reaction
• Describe proper medication storage
• Understand how to document the assistance procedure
• Explain ways to prevent medication errors

 

 

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