HLTH 1300 - Medication Aide

5.0 Credits

This course prepares students to meet the requirements of the Nebraska Medication Aide Act. It includes information regarding medication administration, pharmacology, state rules and regulations, classification of drugs, and documentation of drug administration. The course focuses on the responsibilities of the medication aide in an assisted-living facility or a skilled-care nursing facility.

Prerequisites: (1) 18 years of age by end of course

Lecture Hours: 5.0
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Demonstrate performance of specific care procedures related to the appropriate administration of medications to patient.
Examine legal regulations and organizations which control the dispensing, prescribing, and administration of medications.
Identify basic structure and function of the human body as a multicellular organism while interrelating the interdependent systems.
Utilize the application of scientific principles related to proper procedures for medication administration.
List scientific principles of asepsis used to determine standard precautions as specified in current health care.
Recognize use, dosage, precautions, and common side effects of selected drugs administered by the medication aide.
Demonstrate safe and correct administration and documentation of oxygen and other drugs by non-parenteral routes.

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