Medication Aide Program

Registration (Virtual Class held on ZOOM)

Medication Aide Continuing Education Seminar:

$90

DESCRIPTION:

Medication Aide Training is a comprehensive course designed to prepare Nurse Aides and students for the administration of medications under the supervision and guidance stipulated by Texas Health and Human Services to residents in Nursing facilities, Intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities or related conditions, correctional institutions and assisted living (personal care) facilities.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Prospective Students must:

• Be able to read, write, speak and understand English
• Be at least 18 years old
• Be free of communicable diseases, and in suitable physical and emotional health to safely administer medications
• Be a high school graduate or have a GED
• Be employed as certified nurse aide listed on the Texas Nurse Aide Registry in active status and currently employed in facilities licensed under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 242 on class start date or employed on class start day as non-licensed direct care staff in a facility licensed under Chapter 247; a state supported living center or ICF/IID and have 90 days previous employment in the year preceding the class start date.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Gulf Coast Nursing Career Institute will utilize the Texas Health and Human Services Medication Aide curriculum In the program:

• Students would learn the basic roles and responsibilities of the medication aide
• Introduction, orientation and other basic concept
• Infection Control
• Administration of medication
• Drugs affecting the:
  • Cardiovascular, Urinary, Respiratory, Digestive, Central Nervous, Musculoskeletal,
  • Endocrine systems
• Drugs affecting the eye, ear and the skin
• Antibiotics and other anti-infective agents
• Cognitive Impairment
• Pediatric patients
• Care Planning Assistance

TRAINING HOURS:

Students must complete:

• 100 hours of classroom instruction and training
• 20 hours of returned skills demonstration laboratory
• 10 hours of clinical experience, including clinical observation and skills demonstration under the
• direct supervision of a licensed nurse in a facility
• 10 hours in a return skills demonstration laboratory
• TOTAL COURSE HOURS – 140 hours

Students successfully completing the medication Aide Training Program will receive a certificate
of completion and be prepared to do a written competency evaluation for medication aides
administered by HHSC and if candidate is successful, a permit is issued.

**Due to the current situation of COVID19, all class hours are provided by virtual / online means.

Clinical hours are provided in the school laboratory and students current employed facilities.

COURSE OUTLINE:

• 8 week program
• Virtual classes are given through meetings via zoom.
• Meeting Days: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
• Morning session;  11:00 am -12:30 pm,
• Evening session; To watch recorded morning meetings.

Students to choose one session each day that fits their schedules.

Clinical Hours:  Skills videos in conjunction with laboratory and clinical learning in student’s facility.

Cost: $970
Partial Payment: $350

Tel: 713-946-3377
Location: 8876 Gulf Freeway Suite 240, Houston, Texas 77017