Admission Requirements
- Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in a health related field
- Unencumbered Nursing licensure in State of practice
- Personal liability insurance
- ACLS and BLS
- 2 letters of recommendation
- 2 years’ Operating Room (OR) or advanced practice nursing experience
Additional requirement prior to the completion of the program is obtaining the CNOR credential
Scope of Practice of the RNFA:
The RNFA functions as part of the perioperative nursing practice. Perioperative nursing is a specialized practice.
The RNFA further refinements include: (under the direction of a surgeon)
- Handling tissue
- Providing exposure
- Using instruments
- Suturing
- Providing hemostasis