This course explains how to use the Medication Decision Tree to decide what kind of help a resident needs with their medications. It covers the differences between who:
-Take their own medication
-Get help taking their medication,
-Have their medications given to them by staff.
Staff will learn what steps to follow, how to document medication support in the resident's care plan, and when nurses and doctors need to review those plans.
The course will also explain nurse delegation and how it works, which tasks can be delegated, and special rules for things like injections and PRN (as-needed) medications.
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
-Decide the right level of medication support for each resident.
-Know what must be documented in the care plan.
Understand who can help with medications and when.
