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 129.30 - Standards for hospice medication aide training programs

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CURRICULUM.
(a)
Minimum requirements.
A
				  training program shall include the following 6 areas specified in pars. (b) to
				  (h).
(b)
Introduction.
1. To the
				  course.
2. To the role of the
				  medication aide.
(c)
Legal and ethical considerations.
1. Federal and state hospice 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.
				  Patient rights regarding administration of medications.
5. Confidentiality of information related to
				  patients.
6. Facility policies and
				  procedures for administration of medications.
(d)
Overview of body systems related
				  to the 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.
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 hospice settings.
a. Use of the
				  drug or drug indication.
b. Side
				  effects of the medications.
c.
				  Specific medication administration requirements.
Note: Chemotherapy is not part of the basic medication aide
					 course.
6.
				  Medication packaging systems.
7.
				  Medication storage, destruction or return of medication.
(f)
Medication
				  administration.
1. Techniques and
				  procedures of various routes of medication administration.
Note: Injections, medications administered via a tube,
					 nebulizers, and oxygen routes will not be evaluated as part of the basic
					 hospice 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 and reporting.
Requirements for timely reporting
				  and documenting the administration of all medication, including the need for
				  PRN medications and the patient'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 patient.
(h)
Medication safety.
1. Prevention of medication errors.
2. Causes of medication errors.
3. Reporting of medication errors.