{"id":369,"date":"2014-05-05T06:24:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T06:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.veriti.com.au\/?page_id=369"},"modified":"2014-05-20T09:23:42","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T09:23:42","slug":"drug-calculations-avoiding-errors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.veriti.com.au\/on-line-training\/drug-calculations-avoiding-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug Calculations &#8211; Avoiding Errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author :\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Charles G Bloe BSc RGN NDN ITU cert<\/p>\n<p><strong>Approximate learning time:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a01hr\u00a000min<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Overview:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Research by the NPSA (National Patient Safety Agency) shows that almost one in ten patients in UK hospitals experience harm or even death as a consequence of drug errors. Drug errors occur for a number of reasons and this programme will focus primarily on the avoidance of drug errors that occur through incorrect drug calculations. This programme is suitable for any healthcare practitioner who is involved in the administration of medicines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Objective:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Understand the need for basic arithmetical skills in drug calculations and demonstrate competency in this area.<br \/>\n\u2022 Avoid drug errors by adopting a standardised approach to drug dose calculations.<br \/>\n\u2022 Ultimately prevent patient injury or harm as a consequence of drug errors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author Biography:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0With a reputation for providing quality clinical updates Charles Bloe Training Ltd. has extended its portfolio of over 100 courses with specialist high quality e-learning modules.<br \/>\nOur classroom based courses are delivered by a team of 75 clinical experts providing a comprehensive solution to your continuous professional development needs.<br \/>\nCharles Bloe training Ltd. provide tailored clinical updates for:<br \/>\n\u2022 Nurses<br \/>\n\u2022 Doctors<br \/>\n\u2022 Paramedics<br \/>\n\u2022 Pharmaceutical and Supplies Companies.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: center; border-radius: 5px; background: #B4D333; padding: 5px; color: #797979; font-size: 25px; font-weight: 500;\"><a href=\"#popup-redirect\" style=\"color: #3C3B3B;\" data-href=\"http:\/\/online-training.cb-training.co.uk\/cbtlms\/lr_login.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"redirect-link fancybox\">Register Now<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: center; border-radius: 5px; background: #B4D333; padding: 5px; color: #797979; font-size: 25px; font-weight: 500;\"><a style=\"color: #3c3b3b;\" title=\"On-line training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.veriti.com.au\/on-line-training\/\">Back to Online Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"popup-redirect\" style=\"width:300px; height:80px; display: none;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author :\u00a0\u00a0Charles G Bloe BSc RGN NDN ITU cert Approximate learning time:\u00a0\u00a01hr\u00a000min Course Overview:\u00a0\u00a0Research by the NPSA (National Patient Safety Agency) shows that almost one in ten patients in UK hospitals experience harm or even death as a consequence of drug errors. Drug errors occur for a number of reasons and this programme will focus&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Cathy Boyle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.veriti.com.au\/author\/c-boyle\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veriti.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veriti.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veriti.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.veriti.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.veriti.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.veriti.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.veriti.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veriti.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}