Are you killing your clients with medications because you don't understand how they work?
Adverse Drug Events have serious, clinical, public health and economic implications!!!!!
Understanding Medications and Medication Management
Get 16 Hours Health Practitioner Competency Training
in 2 days
0830 – 1630 hrs
Do you know how medications work and how they interact with other
drugs, food or in the body? Have you ever wondered why some medication
don't appear to work? Adverse drug events are common and are
preventable.
19th June 2012 Day 1
10% of older adults have at least 1 inappropriate prescription. Polypharmacy is a growing problems with more people requiring specialist treatment.Includes Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacogenetics
Learning includes
- Absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of medications
- Physiological affects of drugs on the body and the mechanisms of their action
- Relationship between drug and concentration effect
- The effects of poly pharmacy
- Why some medications don't work with some people
20th June – Day 2 - Morning
Includes Pharmaogenetics, Medication Toxcity, Drug and Food Interactions&Models of PrescribingLearning included
- Pharmacovigilence – the role of the nurse in medication management, what is pharmacoviglence, adverse drug events, drug and disease interaction
- Who can write standing orders and who can work under them, how long can they remain in place for and documentation
- Why do drug interactions occur and what is important to know about drug interactions, risk factors including specific drugs and their interactions profile.
Trainer: Anecita Gigi Lim RCN, BscHsg, DipScPharm, MHSc, Senior Lecturer, Dept of Health Studies, University of Auckland is an enthusiastic presenter that will help you understand these conditions and improve health outcomes for those in your care by providing you with comprehensive, current information that assists you to make informed clinical decision and deliver safe nursing care.
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Date: 22nd November 2011
Venue: Waipuna Lodge, 58 Waipuna Rd, Mt Wellington Auckland
Time: 0815 for 0830 start to 1630hrs
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Accommodation at Waipuna Lodge
Please contact Waipuna Lodge direct quoting booking code CLINICAL30 or phone Miriam on 0800 WAIPUNA (0800 924 7862). Bureau Rooms $168.00 per night. To reserve accommodation go to www.waipunahotel.co.nz
- Enter booking code(CLINICAL30) in box on right of home page and click BOOK NOW.
- Follow the instructions on screen to make reservation and receive instant confirmation or email res@waipunahotel.co.nz or phone 09 526 3003.
Guarantee
We guarantee to have the most in-depth and up-to-date aged care training you've
ever attended with the best specialist trainers available or your money back.
You won't find better aged care training anywhere and we're willing
to put our money where our mouth is. It's as simple as that!
NB No refunds will be given unless notification of non-attendance is given at least 24 hour prior to the workshop.
Payment must be made before attendance of the training unless prior arrangements have been made.
Trainer Testimonials:
"Fantastic level of knowledge
in your presenter and great skills in presentation.High quality content.Excellent
course. I gained a lot of valuable information and feel better equipped
to monitor/review medications particularly in frail elderly patients in
hospital environment." - Rosemary McLachlan RN WDHB
"All topics highlighted the importance of assessment, monitoring and working in scope of practice. Excellent presentation – lots of knowledge gained to put into practice." - Christien Sedgewick Whitianga
"Learnt so much. Gigi is an amazing presenter." -
Anonymous
"Gigi made this so interesting and gave me a thirst to learn more/also to
share with those at home." - Anonymous
"Excellent presentation …learnt so much that will be useful
in my work…. Well beyond expectation." - June Cripps
"Awesome …excellent tutorial skills, knows her subject well,
passionate about some …rubs off on a captive audience." - Joanne
Rollerston
"Wonderful energetic knowledgeable passionate presenter." - Anonymous
"Gigi is a great presenter. Always presents complicated topics in an understandable way. Well worth attending." - Deborah Lightfoot, ADHB
"A very exciting speaker – captured my interest from the beginning to the end. Simple and practical. Relevant to nursing practice." - Anonymous
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