Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 129 - Certification Of Programs For Training And Testing Nurse Aides, Medication Aides And Feeding Assistants › Subchapter IV - Medication Aides › Section DHS 129.24 - Standards for nursing home medication aide training programs

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CURRICULUM.
(a)
Minimum requirements.
A
				  training program shall include at least the following 6 areas, specified in
				  pars. (b) to (h):
(b)
Introduction.
1. To the
				  course.
2. To the role of
				  medication aides.
(c)
Legal and ethical considerations.
1. Federal and state nursing home standards,
				  regulations, statutes, and administrative rules.
2. Standards of Practice for Registered
				  Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses, ch. N 6 specific to registered nurse
				  delegation.
3. Professional and
				  staff roles and liabilities.
4.
				  Resident rights regarding administration of medications.
5. Confidentiality of information related to
				  residents.
6. Facility policies and
				  procedures for administration of medications.
(d)
Overview of body systems related
				  to routes of medication administration and the classes of medications.
1. Anatomy of body structures that pertain to
				  medication administration, including structure of the eye, ear, nose, mouth,
				  vagina, rectum, and skin, which are necessary to administer medication
				  correctly via these routes.
2.
				  Functions of these body structures that impact medication administration and
				  effectiveness.
3. Diseases of these
				  body structures that impact medication administration and medication
				  effectiveness.
Note: Examples of anatomy, function and diseases are
					 provided in the curriculum development guide.
(e) Medication fundamentals, including:
1. Medication orders.
2. Medication mathematics, weights and
				  measures.
3. Dosage forms,
				  including pills, capsules, ointments, patches, and suppositories.
4. Drug effects and actions.
5. Classes or types of commonly used
				  medications in nursing homes.
6.
				  Use of the drug or drug indication.
7. Side effects of the medications.
8. Specific medication administration
				  requirements.
Note: Chemotherapy is not part of the basic medication aide
					 course.
9. Medication
				  packaging systems.
10. Medication
				  storage, destruction or return of medication.
(f)
Medication
				  administration.
1. Techniques and
				  procedures of various routes of medication administration.
Note: Injections, and medications administered via a tube,
					 a nebulizer, or an oxygen route will not be evaluated as part of the basic
					 nursing home medication aide curriculum.
2. Six "rights" of medication administration,
				  including right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, right time, and
				  right documentation.
(g)
Observations, communication, and reporting.
Requirements for
				  timely reporting and documenting the administration of all medication,
				  including the need for PRN medications and the resident's response, refusal to
				  take medication, omission of medications, errors in the administration of
				  medication and drug reactions and any change in the condition of a
				  resident.
(h)
Medication
				  safety.
1. Prevention of medication
				  errors.
2. Causes and reporting of
				  medication errors.