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Overview
What you will study
This Infusion Therapy and Medication Safety program offered by York University is designed for regulated health professionals currently working or seeking work in acute or alternate care settings, where many of their patients have IV access. The program will focus on clinical application and feature case-study approaches to describe the different types of IV administration systems and considerations for use.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Understand the care and management of central vascular access devices (central lines). Content related to challenges with patients with difficult IV access is included.
- Apply principles of safe medication practice for hazardous medications (beta lactams, chemo agents, etc.)
- Understand the administration of the following therapies:
- Pharmacokinetics
- Total parenteral nutrition
- Blood & blood components
- Pain management
- Demonstrate the significance of fluid balance assessment for post-operative and compromised patients [fluid dynamics]
- List CVAD-related complications and apply problem-solving frameworks to address complications
- Discuss technologies available to assist in difficult VAD insertion
- Articulate medication safety principles in managing complex infusion systems
- Compare and contrast infusion therapy administration options
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
- Available for delivery to your team/ staff wherever they are, at a date and time that suits your organizational needs.
Language
English
TOEFL® IBT 86
Delivered
Blended
Disciplines
Medicine Health Sciences View 58 other Short Courses in Health Sciences in CanadaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT 86
Student insurance
Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:
- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Completion of the IV and Infusion Therapy Certificate, or completion of a college-level infusion therapy course (within the last three years), or have provided infusion therapy, IV medication administration and Vascular Access Device (VAD) management for a minimum of two years or a combination of experience and continuing education (assessed by faculty).
- Programs at the Health Leadership & Learning Network (HLLN) are offered in English. To register in our programs, it is your responsibility to ensure that you meet the language requirements. You may be asked to demonstrate language proficiency.
Tuition Fee
- Pricing is dependent on a number of factors
- After meeting with you, we can provide a quote, and work with you to meet your budget needs
Living costs for Toronto
1502 - 2563 CAD /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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