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Contact Hour(s):  

1.5 Contact Hours including 1.5 Pharmacology Hours 

Author: 

Rachel Pugmire (RN, BSN) 

This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions: 

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Certified Nurse Midwife, Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Midwife (MW), Nursing Student, Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Nurse Practitioner 

Accreditations:  

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC),

Course Description: 

This course discusses the safe medication administration strategies and how to avoid medication errors to ensure patient safety in long-term care. This includes the five rights of medication administration, commonly used medication administration routes, proper medication preparation and documentation, high-alert medications, drug interactions, causes of medication errors and methods to prevent them. 

Outcomes 

≥ 92% of participants will know how to identify proper techniques for medication preparation and administration in long-term care, as well as identify causes of medication errors and how to prevent them. 

Objectives 

After completing this course, the participants will be able to: 

1. Explain the five rights of medication administration.
2. Compare the common routes of medication administration utilized in long-term care.
3. List the four types of drug interactions.
4. Examine abbreviations that are not acceptable according to the “Do Not Use Abbreviation” chart.
5. Identify high alert medications in long-term care.
6. Elaborate on the five criteria for the Beers List.
7. List five or more main causes of medication errors.
8. Examine three ways to prevent the spread of infection during medication handling.
9. Outline what the Tall Man Lettering technique is and how it is utilized.
10. Determine how and when to document medication administration.
11. Formulate three strategies to prevent activity-based medication errors in long-term care facilities. 

Disclosures: 

CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.