RNFA Schedule • • • • The RNFA course is held in H-107, the perioperative learning lab. Five-day intensive didactic sessions are offered twice a year, in June and October.

Sessions run from Wednesday through Sunday. The Sunday session ends at noon. Eton Et866 Video Drivers. This is not a certification course and is not a certificate program. At the conclusion of the requirements you will receive a grade and a certificate of completion. We are accepted by CCI as required by AORN Standards for the Education of the RNFA. The new requirement for acceptance into a program as of 2020 will be bachelor's degree (entry level).

Use CRN numbers when registering for lectures and labs (see below). After your registration name and address officially appear in the roster, you will be sent the official credentialing packet via email (PDF) to confirm eligibility for course entry.

Creating Cultures of Safety – Join the CRNFA Movement. The CRNFA certification program is for registered nurse working in an expanded role as a first assistants.

Textbooks Participants are required to obtain Assisting in Surgery by Rothrock and Seifert, available through the. Additionally, a copy of the table of contents for the AORN Core Curriculum 4th Edition will be made available in class. The RNFA Core is out of print and being revised at this time.

Phillips is the co-chair of the revision task force. The new book will be an e-book and should be available later this year.

Please look over the table of contents before arrival. These resources are not available in the college bookstore. Those participants planning to take the CNOR exam and Advanced Practice Nurses not experienced in the OR should consider obtaining Berry and Kohn's Operating Room Technique 12th edition (available in the college and AORN bookstores) for detailed nuts and bolts of perioperative nursing.

There is also a chapter on first assisting in the book. Berry and Kohn's 12/e is available in the college bookstore and is recommended for those nurses who have less experience in perioperative nursing practice. Internship Part of eligibility is establishing an independent internship at your home facility. RNs must be CNOR certified or eligible to sit for the CNOR exam. Canadian Perioperative Nurse Certification is accepted. Advanced practice nurses with advanced practice certification are exempt from the CNOR requirement, but must provide advanced certification documentation with the credentialing packet.