Medication Aide (14051-36)

Copyright: 2025

Virginia Assignment Code: 8368

Suggested Grade Level: 11, 12

Duration: 36 weeks

Hours: 140

Credits: 1

Prerequisites: 8362 or 8356 or 8341

CTSO: HOSA-Future Health Professionals

Course Description:

This course is designed to provide students with the basic skills and knowledge to begin work as a medication aide. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to prepare for the safe administration of medications to clients in assisted living facilities, maintain aseptic conditions, understand basic pharmacology, facilitate client self-administration or assist with medication administration, follow proper procedures for preparing, administering, and maintaining medications, and follow appropriate procedures for documentation and reporting to the licensed health care professional on duty at the facility or to the client's prescriber.

The coursework and clinical will fulfill the requirements of the Virginia Board of Nursing (VBON) Medication Aide Program Statutory Authority—54.1-3408.M and 54.1-3005 (17) Assisted Living Facilities Licensed by Department of Social Services (DOSS).

Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

Note:

Prerequisite: Student must have successfully completed a Virginia Board of Nursing (VBON) and Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) approved nurse aide education program and received a certificate of completion.

Board-approved programs must maintain regulatory compliance for all enrolled students. For students to be considered graduates of any approved program, the program must be completed in entirety to include both classroom and clinical portions of the program. Further, pursuant to regulation (18VAC90-60-60 [B]), clinical must include a minimum of 20 hours of supervised skills practice in medication administration to residents of an assisted living facility. Hours of observation shall not be included in the required 20 hours of clinical training. Simulation/lab may comprise up to 20% of clinical experience.

Upon successful completion of course requirements, students will be eligible to apply to take the Virginia Department of Health Professions Registered Medication Aide Examination.

Some healthcare facilities that accept federal funding (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid) may require criminal background checks and drug screens for students participating in a clinical experience. An updated immunization record will be required prior to the student participating in the clinical experience.

This course has specific laws and regulations from a governing medical board or agency. Please contact the Virginia Department of Education, Office of Career and Technical Education prior to implementing this course. All inquiries may be sent to cte@doe.virginia.gov.

Virginia Department of Health Professions, Board of Nursing, Guidance Documents

Reference for tasks noted as required by the Virginia Board of Nursing regulation: Virginia Department of Health Professions, Board of Nursing, Regulations for Medication Aide Programs

Credentials, Course Sequences, and Career Clusters/Pathways can be found here:

https://www.cteresource.org/career-clusters/health-science/medication-aide/