CERTIFIED MEDICATION TECHNICIAN (CMT)
“Caring is the essence of nursing.” —Jean Watson
VINE HEALTHCARES SERVICES strives to produce competent medication technicians through proper instruction of their roles and responsibilities. Students acquire general information and procedures in safely administrating and documenting non-parenteral medications. We ensure that our students are aware of the six rights of medication administration, infection control procedures, and health maintenance counseling to increase the effectiveness of medications.
Medication technicians provide support to licensed healthcare professionals such as registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.
As the Healthcare industry grows and improves, we also enhance our training methodologies and approach for you to achieve excellence in the medical field.
This course is ideal for Certified Nurse Assistants (CNA), Home Health Aides (HHA), Medical Assistants (MA), Patient Care Technicians (PCT/PCA), and Certified Behavioral Health Technicians (BHT/CBHT).
Where can you work as a medication technician?
As a Med Tech, you can work at Detox centers, Assisted Living Facilities, Private Homecare, Group Homes, Schools, Drug Treatment Facilities, and Sober Homes.
Module topics
- How to safely administer oral, topical, transdermal, rectal, inhaled, ophthalmic, optic, and enteral medications
- Safe medication administration
- Principles of safe storage of medications (prescription, controlled, and OTC)
- How to accurately complete a MAR
- State and demonstrate the six rights of medication administration
- State conditions under which PRN medications may be administered.
- Medication routes of administration
The applicant must:
- Complete a Board approved medication technician training program.
- Complete a medication technician application including submitting 2″x2″ passport size photo and paying a twenty dollar initial application fee.
- Be 18 years of age to apply for certification as a medication technician.
- The application must be signed by the RN approved to teach the medication technician training program.
- The Board will certify the eligible applicant and issue a medication technician certificate.
- Should the medication technician change practice settings, the employer is responsible for assuring that a RN approved to teach the Medication Technician Training Program specific to the practice setting, teaches the medication technician course content specific to that new practice setting.
- Effective January, 2008 the new medication technician will receive the designation for the practice setting in which he/she were initially trained e.g. “Medication Technician – School Health.”
- The initial CMT certificate will be effective until applicant’s next birth date. This may be less than 2 years for the initial CMT certification.
MedTech requirements
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“CARING IS THE ESSENCE OF NURSING.” —JEAN WATSON
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