this easy to follow, CCI accepted, Distance Learning online program with only 98 hours of coursework has met AORN Standards for RN First Assistant programs since 1997 and was custom made for perioperative nurses and NPs on-the-go. Program completion is officially recognized in all 50 states.

AD, Diploma, BSN, MSN, NP, CNS, CNM and CRNA nurses meeting all the prerequisites qualify for the program. Perioperative nurses and nurse practitioners in the expanded role of RN First Assistant need lots and lots of hands-on skills training in this most vital role. Read on.

students have the choice to attend a 6 Day SutureStar™ Workshop with up to 30 times more suturing than other programs (6 Day Workshop will be required for NPs without OR experience beginning Aug. 1, 2010), simulated lab training or an abbreviated, 3 Day SutureStarXpress™ Workshop featuring up to 15 times more suturing. Depending on your previous experience, both workshops will quickly take you to expert levels in basic to advanced RNFA techniques (see New England Journal of Medicine Survey promoting NIFA's style of simulated hands-on training). NIFA Guarantee: You will completely master the advanced techniques utilized by the nations top RNFAs and surgeons or we will retrain you free of charge. Because of this proven curriculum, NIFA Workshop graduates' new-found skills come second nature and our students are only required to log approximately 60 cases (120 hours) during their RNFA internship (some lecture dominant programs require 180 to 200 hours with minimal skills outcomes).

when you enroll within 15 days of contacting NIFA you can take $625 off the entire program with a 6 Day Workshop or $425 off the program with a 3 Day Workshop on the Early Bird Special. (Financial Tip: Every year, the AORN Salary Survey shows that RNFAs make more. You can recoup your entire education tuition in your first year as a formal RNFA!)

Lastly, because many students are still waiting for their facilities to reimburse them for the RNFA Program 3.0. The scheduled $500.00 tuition increase for July 1^st has been postponed until August 1, 2010.

• Summit students have the exciting opportunity to attend an RNFA 3 Day or 6 Day Workshop scheduled every two months in beautiful Denver Colorado under the majestic peaks of the Rocky Mountains - the home of NIFA, the Association of Perioperative Nursing (AORN), and the Competency Credentialing Institute (CCI).

• Summit Workshops are supersized classes of up to 45 students with an even better student/teacher ratio to increase the quality of one on one instructor attention.

• Summit students utilize up to 9,700 sutures during the 3 Day SutureStarXpress Workshops and 18,700 sutures during the 6 Day SutureStar Workshops.

• Perioperative nurse graduates who meet all their prerequisites may sit for the CCI's CRNFA exam. Nurses without a bachelors degree and who are ineligible for CRNFA, may sit for an alternative exam - FREE!

• NPs without OR experience will attend a special OR fundamental session and; finally the elite and very expensive  AORN Video Library Series is FREE!

• New Quill® SRS suture training - FREE!

• Endoscopic Vein Harvesting (EVH)⁺, C-Section⁺, Stryker Laparoscopic and Carotid Artery⁺ General Sessions - FREE!

• Reimbursement and Self-Employment seminars for RNFA services (relative to all 50 states) and surgical medical mission presentations from world renowned guest speakers -FREE!

• Opening and closing night receptions with guest speakers and leading industry reps  - FREE!

• Tour of AORN headquarters and the CCI before a night out on the town in exciting Denver's historic LoDo District - FREE!

The new SutureStar and SutureStarXpress Summit Workshops represent a dynamic hands-on alternative to other 'lecture dominated' RNFA classes.

As the sole AORN Educational Partner, we guarantee you'll learn the skills of the nation's top RNFA and surgeons or we will retrain you free of charge.

Request program information, read all about the new RNFA 3.0 online program with our all new SutureStar Summit workshops, make the determination to move your career forward this year and

*Presented at 6 Day Workshops only. 3 Day Workshop students receive vouchers to attend at another date FREE OF CHARGE.

⁺ Why come to Denver? It is one of the most centrally located hubs in the country. RNFA students from all states can typically purchase an inexpensive direct round trip ticket without a connection flight.