t certain qualifications, including certification in perioperative nursing, documentation of proficiency in the field, nursing practice as both a scrub and circulating nurse, the ability to apply principles of asepsis and infection control, and a knowledge of surgical anatomy, physiology, and operative techniques related to operative procedures in which the RN assists (Kurkowski, 1999). Homan and Dunscombe (2000) contend that the basic intraoperative function of the RNFA includes assisting surgeons or senior residents and working interdependently under their direction.
Functions include, but are not limited to preoperative skin preparation, positioning and draping the patient, providing homeostasis and exposure, pro
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