Presented through the College of Southern Nevada (CSN)
accredited nursing program.
The graph below can help put
the program time commitment into perspective:

RNFA Program 2.0:
Designed especially for
perioperative nurses and
nurse practitioners*with
busy schedules, the program includes 98 hours of home
studies awarding three college credits recognized by
U.S.D.O.E. Your home studies will include five custom
surgical workbooks, four independent surgical study
assignments, 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 experience
are eligible 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 $195 with
enrollment.
Program Completion with Xpress Workshop awards 3 College
Credits and 145 CEs (158 CEs for 6-day class students).
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered
Nursing. Provider Number CEP11471.
2. SutureStarXpress™ Workshop
Students from RNFA Program 2.0, 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.
3. Clinical RNFA Internship
This is a 120 hour clinical preceptorship
(multi-specialty not required, but preferred) at
your hospital or surgery center.
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 in NIFA labs that they master and own them.
Students have one year to complete RNFA Program 2.0.
(Extensions can be granted on a case by case basis).
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