This 3.5-hour course explores the community support worker’s responsibilities when assisting with or administering medication to clients in the community.
Topics will include:

• An overview of medications including drug classifications, actions and, observations
• How medications work and factors that affect medication action and efficacy
• The unregulated care provider’s scope of practice as it relates to the Regulated Health Professionals Act (RHPA) and their employer’s policies and procedures
• Best practice techniques when assisting with or administering medication through various routes