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RNFA Basic Course NURS2752 Offerings for 2009
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Lakeland Community College is pleased to offer its popular RNFA course in June and October, 2009.
General Information
You will need a Lakeland Student ID number to Register for NURS2752. Please go to www.lakelandcc.edu and apply for your student number. (Link at left) You must register yourself because of student privacy laws the hospital or secretary should not do this for you. The student number is used to register and access your personal and private files at Lakeland Online. Queries about the course completion and credentialing should be made through the director's office where the records are maintained. The registrar does not maintain these files.
When you are officially registered, You will receive a color-coded credentialing packet from the Perioperative Education Department in the snail mail. Eligibility information link is in the left column.
The yellow sheets in the credentialing packet are yours for information and instructions. A sample internship agreement is included, but is yours to use in establishing your independent internship and not returned to Lakeland for the files.
The three blue sheets (check off, confidentiality, and credentialing form) are completed and returned to the Director's office before the course. Additional paperwork requested on the blue forms should be included in the return envelope (surgeon C-V, license, certification,...etc).
RNFA (NURS2752) is a nursing elective course for 6 college semester credits. You do not need to send transcripts or apply to the nursing program. Register for lecture and lab. (see RNFA session offering links at left) Tuition is based on 6 semester credit hours and your location of residence: in county, out of county, or out of state. International students pay out of state rates. Call the admissions office for assistance. See the tuition chart link in the upper left column. There is a $75.00 lab fee for materials.
At the conclusion of the course, the student number is used to logon to your account at Lakeland Online to see your grade. This is located on the web at www.lakelandcc.edu. Grading is discussed in class on the first day.
Any requests for validation of credentials by the medical staff office after you complete the program must be addressed to the Director, Nancymarie Phillips. Your credentials are maintained in the Director's office. If sent to the college registrar's office, there will be a delay in response. They have no access to your RNFA credentialing files.
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June and October RNFA offerings at Lakeland Community College
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2009 RNFA Offerings at Lakeland Community College
The 2009 RNFA offerings at Lakeland Community College are:
Use the CRN Numbers when registering for lec and lab
June 3rd to 7th
CRN Session numbers 40852 and 40853
September 30th to October 4th.
CRN Session numbers 12453 A1 and 12454 A2
The RNFA 5-day intensive didactic component starts on Wednesday and ends on Sunday for both sessions. This is not a certification course and is not a certificate program. At the conclusion of the requirements you will recieve a grade and a certificate of completion. We are approved by CCI as required by AORN Standards for the Education of the RNFA.
After your registration name and address officially appears in the roster, you will be sent the official credentialing packet to confirm eligibility for course entry.
Please email nancymphillips@aol.com with cell phone number, flight itinerary or travel arrangements.Group email will be sent from this address for any updates.
Part of eligibility is establishing an independent internship at your home facility. RNs must be CNOR certified or eligible to sit for the CNOR exam. Advanced practice nurses with advanced practice certification are exempt from the CNOR requirement. Visit the CCI website for more information.
Participants are required to obtain the AORN Core Curriculum for the Registered Nurse First Assistant, 4th edition. These can be ordered online at www.aorn.org. Members get a discount. Please look over the table of contents before arrival. These are not available in the college bookstore. Those participants planning to take the CNOR exam and Advanced Practice Nurses not experienced in the OR should consider obtaining Berry and Kohn's Operating Room Technique 11th edition for detailed nuts and bolts of perioperative nursing. There is also a chapter on first assisting in the book. Berry and Kohn's 11/e is available in the college bookstore.
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