Okay, maybe you guys will know this. David you seem to know everything so I figured you might be able to help.
I'm currently in FNP school and have 3 semesters left. I work at an orthopedic hospital and was offered a position with a surgeon recently. He wants me to be his "RN first assist" until I graduate. Will I have to take more school for this? I know Oklahoma doesn't have an RNFA program so I'm confused at the training I would need. He seems to believe he could train me. Now here in Oklahoma its dominated by PAs so I didn't want him to be confusing NP rules with PA rules. I have read everything on the board of nursing and can't find anything.
When my husband had his total nephrectomy this past spring it was just the surgeon and his first assist, Jim. I'll admit, we were nervous. At first, we were like this is such a major surgery and he's just going to have one nurse help him?
The morning of the surgery we met Jim and this made us feel a lot more confident. He was so knowledgeable and professional.
I just wish they could have done an operation on his disposition.
Its not under JC regulations. A hospital has the right to decide which providers have which privileges pretty much without oversight. The only real rule is they cannot use privileging to deny providers entry when they meet the basic qualifications. You see this among physicians all the time. For example GI fellows are required to have 500+ endoscopies to graduate, while the FPs think that 50 is enough. If GI is running the department they can require 500 endoscopies to become credentialled.
The states job is to protect the public and follow state law. The hospital credentialing committees job is to protect the public and the hospital. Different requirements, different regulations.
David Carpenter, PA-C
Thanks; I must have just misconstrued some of the previous posts...
Jo Dirt
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When my husband had his total nephrectomy this past spring it was just the surgeon and his first assist, Jim. I'll admit, we were nervous. At first, we were like this is such a major surgery and he's just going to have one nurse help him?
The morning of the surgery we met Jim and this made us feel a lot more confident. He was so knowledgeable and professional.
I just wish they could have done an operation on his disposition.