Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part IX - Developmental Disabilities Services
Chapter 9 - Guidelines for Certification of Medication Attendant
Section IX-913 - Certified Medication Attendant Course Curriculum

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code IX-913

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

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.

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

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