These competency assessments are only for Waitemata DHB staff to complete as part of our medication administration competency assessment process.
Please do NOT enrol in these tests if this process does not apply to you.
Category: eCompetencies
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Kia ora!
The purpose of the Medication Administration policies are to ensure safe and consistent practice in the administration of medications, intravenous fluids, infusions and use of medical gases.
The expectations of this course are that you will:
- read the policies
- access any resource page(s) on Hippo
- complete the self-evaluation section - this acknowledges that you have read the policy/guideline and have had an opportunity to discuss any questions you have with your preceptor/nurse educator or manager
Category: Nursing Familiarisation
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Category: Clinical Skills and Areas
All Counties Manukau District Health (CM Health) staff involved in the prescribing, administration and supply of medicines to patients have personal and professional accountability and responsibility to the patient in ensuring professional standards are met and maintained.
CM Health has a directive of achieving Zero Patient Harm. To help achieve this all registered health care professionals, both clinical and non-clinical are expected to successfully complete the Medication Safety Package.
Full credentialing for the Medication Safety Certification Process involves successfully completing all 3 stages of the process.
The 3 stages include:
- This e-learning package
- The Online Drug Calculation test
- Up to 3 practical medication administration assessments including oral medications, simple IV medications and complex infusions.
Completing ALL 3 stages of the practical assessment may not be required in all areas of clinical practice. If your clinical area does not require you to administer IV medication or complex infusions, you will not require assessment in these areas. Your Clinical Educator will be able to advise you further on this.
This course is worth 3 hours Professional Development time
Category: H-M
THIS COURSE IS FOR MIDWIVES WHO NEED TO REFRESH THEIR MEDICATION CERTIFICATION
All Counties Manukau District Health (CM Health) staff involved in the prescribing, administration and supply of medicines to patients have personal and professional accountability and responsibility to the patient in ensuring professional standards are met and maintained.
CM Health has a directive of achieving Zero Patient Harm. To help achieve this all midwives, both clinical and non-clinical, are expected to successfully complete the Medication Safety Package.
Full credentialing for the Medication Safety Certification Process involves successfully completing all 3 stages of the process.
The 3 stages include:
- This e-learning package
- The Drug Calculation test
- Up to 3 practical medication administration assessments including oral medications, simple IV medications and complex infusions.
Completing ALL 3 stages of the practical assessment may not be required in all areas of clinical practice. If your clinical area does not require you to administer complex infusions, you will not require assessment in these areas. Your Midwife Educator will be able to advise you further on this.
All Counties Manukau District Health (CM Health) staff involved in the prescribing, administration and supply of medicines to patients have personal and professional accountability and responsibility to the patient in ensuring professional standards are met and maintained.
CM Health has a directive of achieving Zero Patient Harm. To help achieve this all nurses, both clinical and non-clinical are expected to successfully complete the Medication Safety Package.
Full credentialing for the Medication Safety Certification Process involves successfully completing all 3 stages of the process.
The 3 stages include:
- Completing all topics indicated in this package
- The Online Drug Calculation test
- Up to 3 practical medication administration assessments including oral medications, simple IV medications and complex infusions.
Completing ALL 3 stages of the practical assessment may not be required in all areas of clinical practice. If your clinical area does not require you to administer IV medication or complex infusions, you will not require assessment in these areas. Your Nurse Educator will be able to advise you further on this.
Please note:
Staff from Outside of Counties Manukau Health are welcome to browse through this course, however this course contains information and directions that are relevant to this DHB specifically - policies and guidance from your own institute should always take precedence.
All Counties Manukau District Health (CM Health) staff involved in the prescribing, administration and supply of medicines to patients have personal and professional accountability and responsibility to the patient in ensuring professional standards are met and maintained.
CM Health has a directive of achieving Zero Patient Harm. To help achieve this all nurses, both clinical and non-clinical are expected to successfully complete the Medication Safety Package.
Full credentialing for the Medication Safety Certification Process involves successfully completing all 3 stages of the process.
The 3 stages include:
- Completing all topics indicated in this package
- The Online Drug Calculation test
- Up to 3 practical medication administration assessments including oral medications, simple IV medications and complex infusions.
Completing ALL 3 stages of the practical assessment may not be required in all areas of clinical practice. If your clinical area does not require you to administer IV medication or complex infusions, you will not require assessment in these areas. Your Nurse Educator will be able to advise you further on this.
Please note:
Staff from Outside of Counties Manukau Health are welcome to browse through this course, however this course contains information and directions that are relevant to this DHB specifically - policies and guidance from your own institute should always take precedence.
This course will assist participants understand how to avoid omitting doses in a hospital environment.
Scenarios that have already been shown to be common reasons for dose omission will be used to educate nurses about how to best manage these situations, e.g., a patient who is waiting for an operation and is nil-by-mouth.
It educates in the correct procedures to follow in order to avoid a dose omission, providing specific instruction on how to do so.
Category: General
Nurses and midwives should be administering medications safely using the principles of medication safety, adopting the standardised 5 rights in their routine practice. This practice is likely to significantly reduce the number of medication errors, related to nursing and midwifery administration, and further enhance patient outcomes.
Category: H-M
Kia ora and welcome to the Medication Safety Resource pages for Te Toka Tumai Auckland District Health Board.
Who is this for: all clinical staff who administer medication (Starship clinicians may wish to refer to the Starship specific resources)
Category: General
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.
Category: Safe use of medicine
About: Popular medications within the Primary Health Care setting.
Intended audience: Nurses working in the primary health care setting
Duration: 1 hour
Category: Clinical Skills and Areas
About: Orientation for new graduates to medicine and ARHOP divisions.
Learning outcomes include understanding: the orientation workbook, expectations of the core clinical medication assessments, role of the CNM, handover process, and PPE/hand hygiene
Mā wai tēnei / Who is this for:Newly appointed CM supportive first year in practice GraduatesFrequency: Once
Takawā / Time: 8 hours
Course contact:
Clare Chalk (clare.chalk@middlemore.co.nz)
Jenni Garthwaite (Jenni.Garthwaite@middlemore.co.nz)
Category: Seminars for Counties Manukau
This course will help you to gather an accurate medicine history before you start prescribing.
Category: Safe use of medicine
Whakaminenga / Who is this for: Waitematā Surgical In-patient ward Nurses
Prerequisites: none
Takawā | Time: 8 hours
Course contact: Amanda Robinson
Frequency: once
About: Resources for nurses commencing in Surgical inpatient wards at Waitematā to prepare for their medication test
Category: Surgical Inpatient Wards
Whakaminenga / Who is this for: Waitematā Central Bureau Nurses
Prerequisites: none
Takawā | Time: 8 hours
Course contact: Mae Cottham
Frequency: once
About: Orientation module & Resources for nurses commencing in Waitematā Central Bureau Service
Category: Bureau Resource
Category: Endoscopy
Category: HDU/ICU
Category: Radiology
Category: PACU
Category: Radiology
Category: Theatre
Intended audience: Clinicians working in Mental Health
Page contact: Linda Ritchie
About this page
This page is designed to inform clinicians about the Mental Health Act.
The page is made up of;
- Video presentations that were presented as part of the Occupational Therapy & Social Worker workshop series in October 2020
- PowerPoint presentations
- Mental Health Act documentation and hand outs
This is provided just for your information and is not a course worth learning credits.
This eAssessment is intended for Mental Health workers.
The eAssessment will examine knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1992). This eAssessment is a mandatory requirement of all new clinical staff.
If workers are ill-informed on the provisions of the Act. service users may be treated inappropriately, under-treated or inappropriately detained. It is important that workers are confident that they have the required business knowledge, and that they have met the required standard of achievement. Well-designed and well-integrated testing and assessment strategies provide very real benefits to the learner, the trainer and the organisation.
Category: Mental Health
This course aims to provide an overview of the tools and resources to support and assess risk.
Who is this for: Primary Health Care Nurses and Primary Care Clinicians.
Time: 1 hour
Category: Mental Health and Addictions
Kia ora! The overall aim of this day is to provide mental health nurses with an opportunity for to connect through Whakawhanaugatanga, learning and acquire new knowledge through a range of interactive activities and keynote speakers.
Whakaminenga / Who is this for: Mental Health Nurses working in Te Toka Tumai
Takawā / Time: 9am-4pm, 7 hour day.
Course contact: Nadine Lake - NadineL@adhb.govt.nz, Azeria Wellington - azeriaed@adhb.govt.nz
Method: face-to-face
Category: Mental Health & Addictions
This workshop is for any nurse, occupational therapist or social worker working in mental health and addictions who is outside of the new grad programme.
It can be a refresher or initial training in how to be an effective preceptor.
We review the roles and responsibilities of preceptor and preceptee plus explore the most effective ways to give feedback to undergraduates on their competency development and goals of placement.
This module has been produced by NDSA and is for all staff working in the mental health service older adult setting. This is based on the 7 real skills of Lets Get Real.
A Nurse Educator or Coach is required to support this process.
Category: Patient Safety and Wellness
Category: Mental Health
Category: Mental Health
Category: Mental Health
Category: Mental Health
Category: Mental Health
Category: Mental Health
Category: Mental Health
Intended audience: registered nurses, midwives, anesthetic technicians
Here you will find the workbook and a digital version of the open book test.
Category: Pain Management
Intended audience: RMO and SMO prescribers
Here you will find the workbook and a digital version of the open book test.
Category: Pain Management
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.
Category: Safe use of medicine
This course provides an introduction to using the maternity vital signs chart and early warning score (MEWS). The chart and MEWS are tools to support clinical judgement, critical thinking and autonomy. They provide a safety net to reduce failures to identify maternal morbidity. They support a safety culture where escalation of clinical care is consistent and fully supported using objectively defined criteria.
Category: H-M
This course provides an introduction to using the maternity vital signs chart and early warning score (MEWS). The chart and MEWS are tools to support clinical judgement, critical thinking and autonomy. They provide a safety net to reduce failures to identify maternal morbidity. They support a safety culture where escalation of clinical care is consistent and fully supported using objectively defined criteria.
Category: Clinical Skills and Areas
About: This training will refresh attendees’ knowledge
and skills around effective communication, de-escalation,
restraint and breakaway techniques, alongside relevant seclusion and Legislation /
Policy, Cultural Safety, and Rights and Responsibilities.
Mā wai tēnei / Who is this for: All Counties Manukau Health Mental Health In-patient Clinical and Crisis staff, and Duly Authorised Officers (DAO’s – alternating each year between MH: SPEC PSA 1 Day Training – Personal Safety Awareness).
Note: This training is NOT available to externals
Prerequisites: (1) Must have previously attended the MH: SPEC 4 Day – Safe Practice Effective Communication and (2) Pre-reading
Frequency: Annually
Takawā / Time: 16 hours
Course contact: Maurice O'Rourke and Tessa Robinson
Category: Seminars for Counties Manukau
About: This training will equip attendees with effective communication, de-escalation, restraint and breakaway techniques, alongside relevant seclusion and Legislation / Policy, Cultural Safety, and Rights and Responsibilities.
Mā wai tēnei / Who is this for: All Counties Manukau Health Mental Health In-patient Clinical and Crisis staff, and Duly Authorised Officers (DAO’s).
Please note: this training is NOT available to externals
Frequency: Once - complete within 3 moths of start date
Takawā / Time: 32 hours
Course contact: Tessa Robinson and Maurice O'Rourke
Category: Seminars for Counties Manukau