Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) - Per Diem, Variable (Tustin)
Company: Alta Hospitals
Location: Tustin
Posted on: April 25, 2024
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Job Description:
The Registered Nurse First Assist (RNFA) uses the nursing
process, to design, coordinate, and deliver patient care that meets
the identified needs of patients having operative procedures. -May
act as scrub or circulating nurse in various procedures.
-Demonstrates thorough knowledge and application of aseptic
techniques, and defined practice standards for operating room and
infection prevention. -Acts as a role model to nursing students,
and new nurses to the unit.
The RNFA will carry out the functions that will assist the surgeon
in performing a safe operation with optimal results for the
patient. The RNFA practices peri-operative nursing and is therefore
responsible for independent nursing behaviors of peri-operative
assessment and post-operative evaluation of care.
The RNFA practices under the direct supervision of the surgeon. The
RNFA must perform only as a first assist and not concurrently as a
scrub. The RNFA must adhere to the policies of Foothill Regional
Medical Center and must remain within the scope of practice stated
by the Nurse Practice Act of the State of California.
Based on the RNFA's scope of practice, patient acuity, type of
surgical procedure, and potential complications, the RNFA must
recognize and communicate his/her limitations. -The RNFA may refuse
to perform those functions for which he/she has not been prepared
or which he/she does not feel capable of performing.Foothill
Regional Medical Center is a fully accredited acute care hospital,
licensed for 177 beds-120 beds for general acute care, 15 intensive
care beds and 42 pediatric sub-acute beds. Our pediatric sub-acute
unit, just one of six in California, serves patients from
throughout the state. We care for patients up to 21 years of age
who need long-term sub-acute care including ventilator care and
nutritional support.
Keywords: Alta Hospitals, Rancho Santa Margarita , Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) - Per Diem, Variable (Tustin), Healthcare , Tustin, California
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