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Planning Your Independent RNFA Internship
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Lakeland Community College does not establish clinical agreements with remote facilities where periodic supervision visits are not feasible. RNFA Interns are participating in a self-paced, self-designed internship not a clinical rotation.
Clinical agreements are only practical when faculty from the Perioperative Education division can monitor, supervise, and evaluate participant progress. Lakeland Community College and its faculty cannot assume liability for participant activities outside its range of supervision and control.
A sample form is attached below that can be used by the RNFA intern to set up the internship permission with the facility via the medical staff office. This form is a MS Word document and can be modified to suit the needs of the intern and the facility. It is a sample only. Lakeland does not retain copies of internship agreements.
Clinical Rotations are established under Clinical Agreements between Lakeland Community College and the facility. Clinical Rotations involve direct supervision of students by Lakeland Community College faculty and take place during succinct time parameters associated with semester grading periods. Students in Clinical Rotations have no specific credentials or licensure requirements and are not independent of clinical supervision. Faculty and students have specific liability coverage during college hours of operation.
Independent Internships differ from Clinical Rotations because Independent Internships are arranged by a qualified registered nurse participant in agreement with his or her home facility under the mentorship of a surgeon without the intervention of Lakeland Community College. The qualified registered nurse participant is licensed in his or her state of practice, is certified in CPR (ACLS preferred), is certified in perioperative nursing or advance practice (or certification eligible), and is required to carry individual professional liability insurance during the entire internship process.
The RNFA intern establishes a series of three learning contracts with the mentor-surgeon. This two-part document is distributed during the RNFA diactic component. It includes learning objectives and evaluations.
1. Before each 40-hour segment begins, learning objectives are established between the surgeon and the intern.
2. The attainment of the learning objectives is measured at the completion of each 40-hour segment by the surgeon and the intern on the first page. The surgeon evaluates the intern on a scale of 1 to 5 on the second page.
3. Three learning contracts are completed by the intern and surgeon over a period of 120-hours.
4. Documentation of this process is retained by the participant and a copy is sent to Lakeland Commuity College.
5. A certificate of completion is awarded by Lakeland Community College upon fulfillment of all requirements and internship hours.
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