Administration of Medication – Children is a half day classroom based introductory pro- gramme for practitioners working in the child health and social care sector.

Aim

To enable learners to safely administer mediation to children and young people.

Topics covered

• Legislation
• Safe handling of medication
• 6 Rs
• Different types of medication
• Reading medication labels and leaflets
• Routes into the body
• Record keeping
• Storing and disposing of medication
• Handling errors
• Allergies/adverse reactions
• Self-administration