Medication Administration in the Skilled Nursing Facility Part 1

1. Federal Regulations Related to Medication Management

This chapter will review the Federal Regulation the nurse should be aware of when passing medication in the long-term care setting. This will include a review of how the survey process determines the nurse’s compliance with these regulations. Hand hygiene and other infection prevention strategies will also be noted.

2. Guidelines for Medication Administration

This chapter will review the routes of medication delivery and the administration best practice for each route. The session will review the challenges and the importance of following resident identification procedures in the long-term care setting.

3. Oral and Injection Administration

The content of this chapter will review the general principle involved in oral administration of medication including buccal and sublinqual administration techniques. The demonstration will include the challenges of this type of administration in the long-term care setting. Injection administration principles will be reviewed with demonstration intramuscular and subcutaneous injections.