RNFA Program:
Designed especially for Perioperative Nurses and Nurse Practitioners* with busy schedules, the program includes 140 hours of home studies for nurses who have included our study guide to help them prepare for the national OR exam and 110 for nurses in program who already have CNOR.* Both award three college credits recognized by U.S.D.O.E. Your home studies will include five custom surgical workbooks, four independent surgical study Templates, and our exclusive Suture & Tying Practice Lab and DVD presentation that covers more than 23 wound closure techniques.  To sample the quality of the home study DVD presentation, visit our FREE RNFA Lesson on this site.

*All Nurse Practitioners with limited or no OR experience  are required to purchase a 12 month subscription to the AORN Video Library series (a $7,800 value if all were purchased individually from Cine-med) for only $295 with enrollment, must complete an extra 8-10 home study assignment, are encouraged to observe in the OR for 8 hours and will attend a special NP VIP night at their 6 day workshop.

Program Completion with Xpress Workshop awards 3 College Credits and 190 CEs and 206 CEs for 6-day class students. (NIFA is a licensed Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider Number CEP11471

2. Suture Workshops

Students from the RNFA Program, get ready to roll up your sleeves and learn the techniques used by the nation's top RNFAs in our 3 or 6 day, dynamic, hands-on training workshops! Altogether, you will receive over 34 hours (3 day SutureStarXpress Workshop) or 54 hours (6 day SutureStar^™  Workshop) of simulated surgical skills training before entering your clinical preceptorship. Call or email for information. (Experienced perioperative nurses have the option for a Total Distance Learning (TDL) program with 28 hours of labs with their home studies).

3. Clinical RNFA Internship

This is a 120 hour (usually about 60 plus cases) clinical preceptorship (multi-specialty not required, but preferred) at your hospital or surgery center (150 hours for TDL students).

NIFA^® students enter the clinical preceptorship phase of their program totally and properly prepared. They have practiced  advanced, multi-specialty techniques and cross-over skills so many times on NIFA labs that they master and own them.

All programs consist of two Courses. Course 1 must be completed within a year of enrollment and Course 2 (clinical internship) must be completed within one year directly after the completion of Course 1. Call for consultation.