The content of this module is relevant to nurses and midwives providing care in a variety of healthcare settings. It defines what the prothrombin time (PT) and international normalised ratio (INR) blood tests are and how they help to determine a patient’s coagulation status and risk of bleeding.
This module also discusses coagulation processes, indications for PT/INR testing, blood specimen collection and testing procedures, interpretation of results, and limitations of PT/INR testing.
At the end of this module participants will be able to:
