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Safe medication administration and high-alert medicines for registered nurses

A ready-made course you customise for your organisation, with a live session deck and two surveys. You only add the 13 details that are specific to your organisation.

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Length
40 min
Lessons
6 lessons
Frequency
At onboarding, annually
Last reviewed
21 Oct 2026
High-alert medicines and grey areas
What would you do?

The dose written for an anticoagulant is hard to read and the prescriber is in theatre

Try it: this is one of 20 interactive activities in the course.

What's included

Three pieces that work together

Copy once, get everything. Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck.

Self-paced course

Short lessons with real workplace scenarios, not walls of text.

  • 6 lessons, about 40 minutes
  • Process, scenario, flashcards, tabs and quizzes

Live session deck

An AhaSlides presentation to run after the course, in person or online.

  • 10 slides
  • Quiz, poll, word cloud, scale slides
  • A closing slide for your contacts

Two surveys

Find out what landed, and whether people use it on the job.

  • Post-course feedback, about 2 minutes
  • 30-day check-in
  • Anonymous by default
  • Results feed your next refresher

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, learners can

Each objective and the lesson that covers it.

IDObjectiveSourceWhere it's covered
TO 304.0Achieve ≥ 80% on the final assessmentnoneWhole course
SO 304.1Carry out the checks before every dose in the right order and know when to stop and ask + your infoExamples: NMC standards for medicines management; Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals; local policyWhole course
SO 304.2Read an order for missing or ambiguous parts and clarify before giving + your infoExamples: Human Medicines Regulations 2012; best practiceWhole course
SO 304.3Explain what makes a medicine high alert and apply the extra safeguards in local policy + your infoExamples: ISMP list of high-alert medications; WHO Medication Without HarmWhole course
SO 304.4Describe the safety points for insulin and anticoagulants without relying on memory for doses + your infoExamples: ISMP list; local policyWhole course
SO 304.5Support medication reconciliation at admission, transfer and discharge, and report errors and near missesExamples: WHO Medication Without Harm; local policyWhole course

Your part: what a template can't do for you

  • Your workplace details: fill in the 13 highlighted fields so the course describes your own policies, contacts and locations.
  • Records: record completion in your own LMS or record system.

Course outline

6 lessons, about 40 minutes

Minutes per lesson are an estimate, shared out by page count.

ContentInteractiveVideoYou customise
1

Why a dose goes wrong

3 pages

7 min
Before you beginNoteList
The 2 pm round on Ward 9TextImageChecklist
What makes errors happen?Key factFlashcardsQuiz
2

The checks before every dose

3 pages

7 min
Rights of administrationTabsYour infoNote
Reading an orderAccordionNote
CheckFlashcardsMatching quiz
3

A safe administration routine

3 pages

7 min
The routineProcess
Put it in orderSorting activity
Spot the problemSorting activityQuiz
4

High-alert medicines and grey areas

3 pages

7 min
What high alert meansTabsYour info
ScenarioScenarioQuiz
ScenarioScenarioMatching quiz
5

Reconciliation, reporting and speaking up

3 pages

7 min
Reconciliation in briefProcess
Who to tellProcessYour infoYour infoYour infoNote
ScenarioScenarioQuizButtonYour info
6

Final assessment

2 pages

5 min
PracticeQuiz
CompletionKey factListNoteButtonYour info

Live deck and surveys

10 slides to run live, two surveys to close the loop

Pink slides are interactive. Both surveys are anonymous; pink questions are written for this course.

ContentTitle, agenda, "check, pause, ask" (speaker notes: template page URL)
PollWhat disrupts your medicine rounds most? (Interruptions · Unclear orders · Workload · Look-alike names)
ContentThe checks before every dose and what makes a medicine high alert
QuizYou are interrupted mid-preparation. You…" (Pause and restart the check ✔ · Carry on from memory · Finish quickly · Hand over silently)
QuizThe anticoagulant order is hard to read and the prescriber is unavailable. You…" (Ask a second nurse or pharmacist and contact the covering clinician ✔ · Give the usual dose · Give half · Ask the patient)
Word cloudOne thing that helps you stay focused on a round
Content · customiseCustomise: our medication policy and high-alert list" with {{MEDICATION_POLICY_LINK}}, {{HIGH_ALERT_MEDICINES_LIST}}, {{ESCALATION_ROUTE}}
ScaleHow confident are you challenging an order that looks wrong?" 1 to 5
Open-ended / Q&AA near miss or safe catch I can share (no names)
Content · customiseClosing {{CLINICAL_EDUCATION_CONTACT}}, {{SURVEY_2_URL}}, {{COURSE_URL}}
Post-course feedback: 11 questions, about 2 min
  1. Overall rating 5 stars
  2. Relevant, realistic, right length, helpful activities agree/disagree grid
  3. What was most useful? multi-select
  4. Confidence before this course, and now 1-5 scale
  5. How confident are you challenging an order that looks wrong? 1-5 scale
  6. How often do you pause and restart a check after an interruption? multiple choice
  7. What is one change you have made to your medicine rounds? short text
  8. I can report a medication error or near miss without fear of blame. 1-5 scale
  9. One thing we should change or add open text
  10. Would you recommend this course? NPS
30-day check-in
  1. Have you used what you learned since the course? multiple choice
  2. How confident are you today? Compare with day 1 1-5 scale
  3. Do you know where to find the local medicines management policy? yes / no / not sure
  4. A moment where the training helped, or where you weren't sure open text
  5. Which topics should the next refresher focus on? ranking

Results show whether people use the training on the job, not just whether they finished it.

Make it yours

13 fields to fill in, and you're ready

Everything else is done. These are the details only your organisation knows; each one is highlighted inside the course.

  • Clinical education contact{{CLINICAL_EDUCATION_CONTACT}}
  • Local policy link{{LOCAL_POLICY_LINK}}
  • Incident reporting route{{INCIDENT_REPORTING_ROUTE}}
  • Escalation route{{ESCALATION_ROUTE}}
  • Regulator and standards{{REGULATOR_AND_STANDARDS}}
  • LMS or record system{{LMS_OR_RECORD_SYSTEM}}
Show all 13 fields
  • Medication policy link{{MEDICATION_POLICY_LINK}}
  • High alert medicines list{{HIGH_ALERT_MEDICINES_LIST}}
  • Do not use abbreviations list{{DO_NOT_USE_ABBREVIATIONS_LIST}}
  • Survey 1 URL{{SURVEY_1_URL}}
  • Survey 2 URL{{SURVEY_2_URL}}
  • Course URL{{COURSE_URL}}
  • Live session URL{{LIVE_SESSION_URL}}

FAQ

Common questions

Can I run safe medication administration and high-alert medicines for registered nurses training online?

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

How often is this training needed?

At onboarding, annually, and after a medication incident theme is identified.

Who needs this training?

Registered nurses, newly qualified nurses and care-home nurses who prepare and administer medicines, including insulin and anticoagulants; run by the nurse educator or clinical education lead (with the medication safety officer where there is one).

What records should I keep?

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

Can I edit the content?

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

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