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AORN Position Statement on RN First Assistants
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1002/aorn.12596
Subject(s) - position statement , statement (logic) , medicine , family medicine , philosophy , linguistics
Definition of RN First Assistant The RNFA is a perioperative registered nurse who: works in collaboration with the surgeon and other health care team members to achieve optimal patient outcomes; has acquired the necessary knowledge, judgment, and skills specific to the expanded role of RNFA clinical practice; intraoperatively practices at the direction of the surgeon; and does not concurrently function as a scrub person.