LAC 48:IX.913
LAC 48:IX.913. Certified Medication Attendant Course Curriculum
Cite as La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. IX, § 913
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.