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Safe medication administration and error reporting

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for registered nurses. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 45 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 15 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 45 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: The rights of medication administration and the medicines pathway · 8 min

    Describe the medicines pathway and apply your organisation's rights-of-administration checks.

  • Lesson 2: Dose and infusion-rate calculations · 8 min

    Calculate a dose volume and an infusion rate, and know when to ask for a second check.

  • Lesson 3: High-alert medicines · 8 min

    Explain why insulin, anticoagulants, opioids and concentrated potassium need extra safeguards.

  • Lesson 4: IV preparation and infusion safety · 8 min

    Prepare and run an IV infusion safely, checking the line, the pump and the site.

  • Lesson 5: Recognising, reporting and learning from medication errors · 8 min

    Recognise a medication error or near miss, keep the patient safe and report it through the right route.

  • Lesson 6: Final assessment · 5 min

    Final assessment · Completion

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At induction + annual update, and after a related incident (organisation policy).

Registered nurses, nursing associates, pharmacy technicians and care-home medicines leads who prepare and give medicines.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Your medicines policy, including your list of rights and who may give which medicines
  • Which medicines and calculations need an independent second check
  • Your organisation's high-alert medicines list
  • IV preparation and administration policy, observation intervals
  • Which infusion pumps and drug libraries you use
  • The local incident system and how to reach it
  • Your being-open / duty of candour policy
  • Name or role of the medication safety lead
  • Who to call with a medicines question, day and night
  • Where your own medication incident figures come from
  • Where completion is recorded
  • Link to the live companion session
  • Link to this course
  • The educator running the live session
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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