Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 172 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE › Chapter 96 - MEDICATION AIDE REGISTRY › Section 172-96-005 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES OFFERING COMPETENCY ASSESSMENTS OR COURSES

Current through June 17, 2024
Standards that are required to be met to show competency
				  include the following:
005.01
COMPETENCY ASSESSMENTS DEMONSTRATIONS.
Competency
				assessments must include a demonstration of each of the following competency
				areas and standards:
(A) Maintaining
				confidentiality, which includes not sharing confidential information except
				when it affects the recipient's care and is only shared with the appropriate
				person;
(B) Complying with a
				recipient's right to refuse to take medication, including the use of
				appropriate measures to encourage taking of medications when directed for
				recipients who are not competent;
(C) Maintaining hygiene and current accepted
				standards for infection control, utilizing appropriate infection control
				principles when providing medications;
(D) Documenting accurately and completely the
				standard is to accurately document all medication provided including the name
				of the medication, dose, route, and time administered and any refusal of
				medication, and spoilage;
(E)
				Providing medications according to the 5 rights as outlined at Neb. Rev. Stat.
				§
										71-6721(9);
				the standard is to provide the right medication, to the right person, at the
				right time, in the right dose, and by the right route;
(F) The ability to understand and follow
				instructions and to comprehend written or oral directions;
(G) Practicing safety in application of
				medication procedures which includes the ability to:
(i) Safely store and handle all medication s
				in accordance with entity policy;
(ii) Intervene when unsafe conditions of the
				medication indicate a medication should not be provided; and
(iii) Provide medication to recipients in
				accordance with their age and condition;
(H) Complying with limitations and conditions
				under which a medication aide or medication staff may provide medications ,
				which includes the standard is knowing that the medication aide or medication
				staff must:
(i) Be competent, have been
				assessed, and if applicable, be listed on the Medication Aide Registry with an
				active status;
(ii) Always comply
				with the 5 rights of provision of medications;
(iii) Record all medication provided or
				refused; and
(iv) Have additional
				competencies to provide additional activities;
(I) Having knowledge of abuse and neglect
				reporting requirements, the standard is to identify:
(i) Occurrences of possible abuse of a
				vulnerable adult and report this information to the appropriate person or
				agency as required by the Adult Protective Services Act; and
(ii) Occurrences of possible abuse or neglect
				of a child and report this information to the appropriate person or agency as
				required by Child Protection and Family Safety Act; and
(J) Complying with every recipient's right to
				be free from physical and verbal abuse, neglect, and misappropriation or misuse
				of property; the standard is to not misuse recipient 's property or cause
				physical harm, pain, or mental anguish to recipients.