INRstar Re-certification —
Clinical Level 2 & 3
Re-certification training for existing INRstar users such as Registered Nurses, Prescribers, GPs or Pharmacists. The course reinforces core and enhanced system knowledge, safe working practices and key clinical workflows.
About This Course
Designed for existing INRstar users who have been assigned Clinical Level 2 or 3 permissions (for example - Registered nurses, Nurse Prescribers, Anticoagulation Nurses, GPs or Pharmacists etc.). This course provides re-certification training for users who are looking to refresh and consolidate their knowledge of the system. It covers all the features available to users with Clinical Level 1 INRstar permissions along with the additional clinical responsibilities and system capabilities available to users with Clinical Level 2 or 3 INRstar permissions, including setting up warfarin and non-warfarin treatment plans, selecting dosing algorithms, conducting clinical reviews, and managing overrides, referrals and manual dosing.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the INRstar infrastructure and the clinical systems it interfaces with
- Identify the permissions and clinical responsibilities held by Clinical Level 2 and Clinical Level 3 users
- Identify and select the appropriate dosing algorithm for each patient
- Maintain your user profile and navigate the home and message screens
- Know how tablet selection, dosing diaries and digital options support patient communication
- Understand how DOACs, clinical reviews, reporting and analytics work within INRstar
- Manage Point of Care Testing (PoCT) test strip batches
- Add a patient and set up a warfarin treatment plan using the maintenance and induction algorithms
- Navigate the patient record and its key tabs, and confirm patient identity before entering an INR
- Enter in-range and out-of-range INR results and manage the referral process
- Respond to high INR results and clinical warnings, and record adverse events
- Authorise and override referrals, and perform manual dosing as a Clinical Level 3 user
- Manage patient records including flags, suspensions and deactivation
- Set up a non-warfarin treatment plan and calculate creatinine clearance using the Cockcroft-Gault formula
- Conduct and document warfarin and non-warfarin clinical reviews
- Use the Tests Due, reports and Options areas, perform quality control and access help and support
Course Structure
Introduction — Clinical Level 2 & 3
Patient Record and Dosing — Part 1
Patient Record and Dosing — Part 2
Creating a Non-Warfarin Treatment Plan & Reviews
Additional Information
Prerequisites
Completion of INRstar Introduction (Clinical Level 2 & 3), or equivalent experience as a Clinical Level 2 or Clinical Level 3 INRstar user.