NU614

This course is the clinical internship that is taken either concurrently with the RNFA didactic course or following it. It may or may not take place at the clinical facility in which students are employed. This component is conducted as a guided independent study. Students will progress at their own pace during the twelve months in which they are allowed to complete the course. The students work with on-site surgeons to practice what they have learned during the didactic course. Two hundred and forty intraoperative first assisting hours must be documented. Learning activities are also included in the Clinical Internship in addition to hours of actual first assisting. Communication is maintained between course faculty and the student during this component. The faculty facilitator follows the progress of the students through telephone, e-mail, Blackboard, written progress reports, and communication with the surgeon preceptor as necessary. Prerequisite/Co-requisite: RNFA Didactic Course, Student must be an RN with a minimum of two years of operating room experience and CNOR certified.

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