16hr Med Tech Training 11-08-2023

Med-Tech Initial 16-Hour Medication Management Training.  This training and certification course is led by an instructor over two 8-hr days.

After successful completion of the certification course, you will be prepared to:

• Read and understand a prescription label;
• Provide assistance with oral medication including measuring liquid solutions and suspensions (shake well), break scored tablets, and crush tablets as directed by prescription order;
• Provide assistance with topical forms of medication for the skin, eye, ear, and nose, including creams, lotions, ointments, patches, ophthalmic drops and ointments, otc solutions, and nasal drops, sprays, inhalers, and diskus forms;
• Assist with self-administration of insulin pens;
• Provide assistance with oxygen via nasal cannula, nebulizers and CPAP machines
  Obtain vital signs as directed;
• Assist with application and removal of anti-embolic stockings (TED Hose)
• Complete a Medication Administration Record (MAR);
• Retrieve, store, and dispose of medication properly;
• Recognize a medication order which requires judgment and advise the resident, resident’s health care provider, or facility employer of the unlicensed caregiver’s inability to assist in the administration of such orders;
• Recognize the general side effects of medications and classes of drugs and the need to report adverse drug events (ADEs);

When Nevada residents can no longer manage their own medications in an Assisted Living Facility / Residential Care Facility (RCFs) and/or Home Health setting, they rely on Med Techs to assist them. The Med Tech certification course provides students with sixteen (16) hours of training regarding proper protocols and procedures to follow as a Med Tech in a Residential Care Facility (RCF) or in a home health setting.

Adult Care Connection’s Med Tech curriculum focuses on the six rights of medication administration and the regulations concerning prescription medications that include the following:

• State law and rule requirements with respect to the supervision, assistance, administration, and management of medications in assisted living facilities;
• Procedures and techniques for assisting the resident with self-administration of medication including how to read a prescription label;
• Providing the right medications to the right resident;
• Common medications;
• The importance of taking medications as prescribed;
• Recognition of side effects and adverse reactions and procedures to follow when residents appear to be experiencing side effects and adverse reactions;
• Documentation and record keeping; and
• Medication storage and disposal.

Training also includes demonstrations of proper techniques and provides hands-on learning through practice exercises.

Certificate: After successful completion of the training course, you will receive your sixteen (16) hour Med Tech certification that is valid for twelve months (1 year) from the date of your course completion date