Full-time/Part-time Statement of Completion 5960000000
BCIT's RN First Assistant program provides participants with the theoretical foundations for the RNFA role and the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge required for practice through labs and supervised clinical experience.
The RN First Assistant (RNFA) practices perioperative nursing and collaborates with the surgeon and the health care team in performing a safe operation with optimal outcomes for the patient. Activities included in first assisting are an expansion of perioperative nursing practice and involve preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative responsibilities.
The BCIT RN First Assistant Program was developed and implemented in 1998 based on input from surgeons, RNFA's, nurse educators and administrators. The multidisciplinary faculty includes a physician, RNFA and nurse educator and a variety of instructional methodologies including part-time computer assisted distance learning, face-to-face tutorials and laboratory sessions, plus a 175 hour surgeon-mentored clinical internship.
The program will be offered using a variety of educational delivery methods including on-line, print-based, classroom and laboratory sessions, and a clinical practicum.
Currently, admission into BCIT’s Registered Nurse First Assistant program requires five years of relevant Perioperative nursing practice, Canadian Nurses Association Certification in Perioperative Nursing (CPN (C)), as well as other criteria.
For further information on the RNFA role, visit the Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC).
Do you have credits from another BC/Yukon post-secondary school? Do you want to know if they transfer to courses here at BCIT? Check out BCIT's Transfer Equivalency Database to find out.
Karen Sheehan
Program Head
Karen_Sheehan@bcit.ca
604-451-7079
Toll-free: 800-663-6542 x 7079
Sheila Torgerson
Program Assistant
Sheila_Torgerson@bcit.ca
604-451-7102
Toll-free: 800-663-6542 x 7102
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