Injectable Medicines Therapy

ADVANCING YOUR PRACTICE

Injectable Medicines Therapy is a highly interactive, visual and self-paced learning environment designed by experienced nurse educators and clinical pharmacists.

This Advanced Skills module builds upon the dosage calculation competence developed within the Essential Skills and Bodyweight and BSA modules.

It is designed to develop and assess the competencies required for safe medication practice with the more complex problem solving and calculations associated with injectable medicines therapy such as slow IV injections, intermittent and continuous infusions.

What you will learn

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Conceptually understand drug dosage calculation problem-solving for doses prescribed via slow IV injection, intermittent infusion or continuous infusion.
• Interpret medication orders, medication product labels, prepared medication infusion labels, monographs and other important information, and accurately calculate prescribed drug dosages and rates of administration.
• Demonstrate medication measurement skill by:
• Selecting an appropriate syringe, measuring the correct volume of prescribed medication and administering a slow IV injection at the prescribed duration.
• Setting the correct volume to be infused and prescribed rate of administration, for an intermittent or continuous infusion, administered via a prescribed volumetric or syringe pump.

Problem Types & Formats by Area of Practice

The table below lists the various problem types and formats covered by this module and their availability by area of practice.