Admission Requirements

Admission Requirements

1. Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in a health related field
2. Unencumbered Nursing licensure in State of practice
3. Personal liability insurance
4. ACLS and BLS
5. 2 letters of recommendation
6. 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