Registered Nurse First Assistant
Taxonomy Code 163WR0006X

Level III Area of Specialization

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Description:
A perioperative registered nurse who works in collaboration with the surgeon and other health care team members to achieve optimal outcomes. The RNFA has acquired the necessary knowledge, judgment, and skills specific to the expanded role of RNFA clinical practice. Intraoperatively, the RNFA assists the surgeon.

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See also

• 163W00000X Registered Nurse
  (1) A registered nurse is a person qualified by graduation from an accredited nursing school (depending upon schooling, a registered nurse may receive either a diploma from a hospital program, an associate degree in nursing (A.D.N.) or a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (B.S.N.), who is licensed or certified by the state, and is practicing within the scope of that license or certification. R.N.?s assist patient in recovering and maintaining their physical or mental health. They assist physicians during treatments and examinations and administer medications. (2) A provider who is trained and educated in a formal nursing education program at an accredited school of nursing, passes a national certification examination, and is licensed by the state to practice nursing. The individual provides nursing services to patients or clients in areas such as health promotion, disease prevention, acute and chronic care and restoration and maintenance of health across the life span.
• 163WA0400X Addiction (Substance Use Disorder)
  
• 163WA2000X Administrator
  
• 163WP2201X Ambulatory Care
  
• 163WC3500X Cardiac Rehabilitation
  
• 163WC0400X Case Management
  
• 163WC1400X College Health
  
• 163WC1500X Community Health
  
• 163WC2100X Continence Care
  
• 163WC1600X Continuing Education/Staff Development
  
• 163WC0200X Critical Care Medicine
  
• 163WD0400X Diabetes Educator
  
• 163WD1100X Dialysis, Peritoneal
  
• 163WE0003X Emergency
  
• 163WE0900X Enterostomal Therapy
  
• 163WF0300X Flight
  
• 163WG0100X Gastroenterology
  
• 163WG0000X General Practice
  
• 163WG0600X Gerontology
  
• 163WH0500X Hemodialysis
  
• 163WH0200X Home Health
  
• 163WH1000X Hospice
  
• 163WI0600X Infection Control
  
• 163WI0500X Infusion Therapy
  
• 163WL0100X Lactation Consultant
  
• 163WM0102X Maternal Newborn
  
• 163WM0705X Medical-Surgical
  
• 163WN0002X Neonatal Intensive Care
  
• 163WN0003X Neonatal, Low-Risk
  
• 163WN0300X Nephrology
  
• 163WN0800X Neuroscience
  
• 163WM1400X Nurse Massage Therapist (NMT)
  
• 163WN1003X Nutrition Support
  
• 163WX0002X Obstetric, High-Risk
  
• 163WX0003X Obstetric, Inpatient
  
• 163WX0106X Occupational Health
  
• 163WX0200X Oncology
  
• 163WX1100X Ophthalmic
  
• 163WX0800X Orthopedic
  
• 163WX1500X Ostomy Care
  
• 163WX0601X Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck
  
• 163WP0000X Pain Management
  
• 163WP0218X Pediatric Oncology
  
• 163WP0200X Pediatrics
  
• 163WP1700X Perinatal
  
• 163WS0121X Plastic Surgery
  
• 163WP0808X Psychiatric/Mental Health
  
• 163WP0809X Psychiatric/Mental Health, Adult
  
• 163WP0807X Psychiatric/Mental Health, Child & Adolescent
  
• 163WR0400X Rehabilitation
  
• 163WR1000X Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
  
• 163WS0200X School
  
• 163WU0100X Urology
  
• 163WW0101X Women's Health Care, Ambulatory
  
• 163WW0000X Wound Care
  

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