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Practice Hours |
Beginning in 2005, CRNFAs who want to recertify must have accumulated a certain number of practice hours as an RNFA during the five-and-one-half–year recertification cycle, depending on the recertification method they choose. Clinical practice hours must be accumulated between January 1, of the year you certified or recertified, and June 30, of the year you are due to recertify.
Track your practice hours online, or download the CRNFA documentation form.
Contact Hours
- You'll need 1000 clinical practice hours (at least 700 hours must be intraoperative care) if you have 200 contact hours.
- You'll need 500 clinical practice hours (at least 350 hours must be intraoperative care) if you have 300 contact hours.
- Half of your contact hours must be RNFA-specific.
Find out more about how to earn contact hours. Keep track of your contact hours online, or download the contact hours form.
Points
- You'll need 1000 clinical practice hours (at least 700 hours must be intraoperative care) if you have 400 points.
- You'll need 500 clinical practice hours (at least 350 hours must be intraoperative care) if you have 500 points.
Exam
- You'll need 1000 clinical practice hours to recertify by exam.
- If you submit 1000 clinical practice hours, at least 700 hours must be intraoperative care.
- If you submit 500 clinical practice hours, at least 350 hours must be intraoperative care.
Audit
If you're selected for audit, you must submit information on your practice hours that includes the date, surgeon's initials, surgical procedure, and time you spent in pre-, intra-, or postoperative period. If you haven't documented such information, you must submit a letter — from one or more of the surgeons you've assisted — that includes dates, types of cases, and the approximate number of hours you worked each month.
Due to the random nature of audit selection, if you're audited in one recertification cycle and are chosen for another audit in a future recertification cycle, that letter will not be acceptable for the second audit. In that case, you'll be required to provide detailed documentation of your practice hours as described above.
If you'd like to document your practice hours online, you may create your own practice hour database. To help track your hours for submission, you can download the practice hours requirements form.
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