NIFA Certification

We've built a NIFA study guide into our RNFA program to help you prepare, before graduation, for the national CNOR exam administered by the Competency and Credentialing Institute (CCI). In all, you have to complete 140 hours of online home studies (approximately 110 for perioperative nurses not in this study guide program), attend a 3- or 6- day SutureStar Summit Workshop (can be concurrent with your home studies) followed by an RNFA internship of approximately 60 cases. You must sit for and successfully pass the CNOR exam, which is administered by CCI, an independent agency, to graduate from the NIFA RNFA program. Ask about Total Distance Learning (TDL) for more experienced nurses.

Sit for CRNFA after graduation!

The NIFA RN First Assistant program has been accepted by CCI since January 1998. Bachelors (degree in any field) program graduates who meet all Competency and Credentialing Institute (CCI) prerequisites can qualify to sit for the Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA) National Exam.

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CCI Notice Effective August 1, 2008, a bachelor’s degree in any field, along with the completion of the existing CRNFA eligibility requirements, will be accepted in order to sit for the CRNFA exam. Prior to this date, a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN), or in its absence a master’s degree in nursing (MSN), was required. All other CRNFA exam requirements, including the requirement of a CNOR or APRN credential, 2,000 RNFA practice hours and completion of an accepted RNFA program, remain unchanged.

Alternative Certification for non-Bachelors and NP graduates!

NP, AD and Diploma NIFA graduates who can't sit for CRNFA? We encourage all to obtain a bachelors and sit for the CRNFA exam which is the 'Gold Standard' in RNFA in the nation. However, for those of you who cannot sit for CRNFA, NIFA has secured another exam for those of you whose facility's require certification in the assisting role called the Registered Nurse Assistant at Surgery - Certified (RNAS-C) found at www.assistantcertification.com. Remember: RNAS-C is only an alternative for those who cannot sit for the desired CRNFA.