Medication Course for Health Care Workers

In this course, health care workers working in the context of detox and recovery will learn the basic knowledge and skills required to provide medications safely to designated clients.

In your role as a health care worker, you are a vital part of the healthcare team. Learn the roles and responsibilities of each team member, and how you are the key link between the clients, their families, and the health care professional (HCP). You will learn how your role in client care, medication administration, asking the right questions and, in communicating this information to your team in a timely manner, is of vital importance to the well-being of the client.

Prerequisites

Students must be health care workers in the context of addiction, detox and recovery.

What you will learn

• The Health Care Team, the Role of the Health Care Worker, and Delegated Tasks
  Responsibilities of the Health Care Worker in the Management of Medications
  General Terms and Definitions
  Legal Aspects Related to Drug Management
  General Principles of Medication Management
  Terms Describing the Body’s Responses to Drugs
  What Happens to Medications in the Body
  Major Factors Which Affect Drug Action
  Medication Compliance
  Routes of Medication Management by Health Care Providers
  Common Abbreviations Related to Medication Management
  6 Rights for Medication Management
  Steps for Preparing Medications

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.