This course contains essential information you will need before you start using the National Adult Medication Chart.
This course will help you to prescribe and monitor once daily aminoglycoside antibiotics (gentamicin, tobramycin or amikacin) for adults at Waitemata DHB.
Intended audience: Those prescribing and reviewing medicines
Duration: 40 - 60 minutes
Course experts: Angela Lambie, Nicola Davies and Kristen Bondesio
This elearning is designed to improve antibiotic prescribing practice and raise awareness of principles of antimicrobial stewardship.
You can access the course by clicking on the link below.
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This course is in development and will be available for enrolment in the near future.
This course has been developed for Radiology technicians (MRTs) who are giving IV Buscopan (Hyoscine Butylbromide) to patients prior to procedures.
The course explains what Buscopan is, contraindications and adverse effects, and how it is to be given.
This course contains background information and a quiz to test your knowledge.
Background information includes:
- Review of heart failure symptoms and aetiology
- Medications and Monitoring
- WDHB heart failure audit results
There is potential for serious harm if a patient receives the wrong type of insulin.
This course will help you to check and prescribe insulin so the patient receives the right product every time.
This course will help you to understand how to appropriately assess pain and how to manage pain with medication.
Older adults have a different physiology to younger adults. Special care needs to be taken with all medicines in this age group to reduce the risk of toxicity.
Be mindful of over-prescribing and review the need for all medicines regularly.
This course will help you to gather an accurate medicine history before you start prescribing.
Metoprolol controls heart rate and blood pressure; it can cause severe patient harm if not used correctly.
- There is a wide dose range; an acceptable dose for one patient may be toxic to another
- Doses in any individual may change depending on their clinical situation
- Be aware of the symptoms of toxicity. Read through the metoprolol course to make sure you are prescribing and giving this medicine safely.
This course will help you to prescribe, administer and monitor gentamicin in neonates and paediatric patients at Waitemata DHB.
