Medication Management

•    Safe administration of medications and special considerations for administration of medications for clients with mental health and substance use challenges are the foci of discussion.
•    Pharmacological principles and foundational concepts:
    o    Medication classification
    o    Medications to treat specific diagnosis
    o    Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
    o    Medications and the scope of MHSU
    o    Delegated tasks
•    Safety
    o    Standards of safe practice: the “rights” of safe medication administration
    o    Prevention of medication errors
•    Medication administration
    o    Practise medication administration in a lab setting
    o    Demonstrate safe medication administration in mental health
•    Medication dosage calculation
    o    Oral
    o    Other
•    Alternative and complementary therapies
    o    Natural medications
    o    Over-the-counter medications