La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § IX-913

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section IX-913 - Certified Medication Attendant Course Curriculum

A. Each applicant must complete a 60-hour course to become a certified medication attendant.

1. The course curriculum is 40 hours of classroom theory to include at a minimum, instruction in the following topics:

a. legal aspects;

b. roles and responsibilities of drug administration;

c. definitions;

d. terminology;

e. classification of drugs;

f. measurement;

g. identification;

h. effects and side effects;

i. distribution and route;

j. care and handling of drugs;

k. skills-tasks to be completed for competency; and

l. documentation.

2. Twenty-hour practical may consist of 10 hours of classroom demonstration and 10 hours on the unit for hands-on experience. The applicant must attain proficiency in the following 26 skill areas, either by actual demonstration, or by verbally demonstrating to the satisfaction of the licensed nurse:

a. hand washing;

b. oral medications;

c. liquid medications;

d. topical medications;

e. eye medications;

f. ear drops;

g. capillary blood glucose monitoring;

h. rectal suppositories;

i. vaginal suppositories/cream;

j. disposable enemas;

k. disposable douches;

l. counting pulse;

m. counting respirations;

n. taking blood pressure;

o. taking oral temperature;

p. taking rectal temperature;

q. taking axillary temperature

r. taking tympanic temperature;

s. premeasured transdermal patches;

t. nasal atomizer;

u. oral powdered medications;

v. charting;

w. crushing tablets;

x. rectal creams;

y. premeasured dosage unit provided by the manufacturer of an oral aerosol inhalant;

z. limited sublingual medications.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § IX-913

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 21:696 (July 1995), Amended by the Department of Health, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 421528 (9/1/2016).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1021-1025.