Why Earn the CRNFA Credential?
Goal of CRNFA Certification
The ultimate goal of certification is to create a culture of patient safety and extraordinary care. Certification benefits the entire healthcare community from the patient to the nurse to the employer or hospital administrator.
CCI developed the Perceived Value of Certification Tool (PVCT©) to identify and validate the benefits of CRNFA certification. The results of this comprehensive study indicate that the CRNFA …
- Enhances feelings of personal accomplishment and satisfaction among nurses
- Validates knowledge
- Indicates attainment of a practice standards
- Provides evidence of personal commitment and achievement
- Enhances professional credibility
- Demonstrates commitment to the highest level of patient care and institutional safety
Read more about © research study and results.
Objectives of CRNFA Certification:
- Recognize the individual registered nurse first assistant who is proficient in practice.
- Strengthen conscious use of theory in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care.
- Enhance professional growth through continued learning that results in broader knowledge and expanded skills.
Purposes of CRNFA Certification:
- Demonstrate concern for accountability to the general public for nursing practice.
- Enhance quality patient care.
- Identify RNFAs who have demonstrated professional achievement in providing care for patients during surgical intervention.
- Provide employing agencies with a means of identifying professional achievement of an individual RNFA.
- Identify professional nurses practicing in an expanded role.