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Students in the Luzerne County Community College Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) program recently completed the classroom component of the program. The comprehensive 165-hour program consists of 45 hours of classroom instruction/laboratory experience and 120 hours of clinical experience. Upon successful completion, students received a Certificate of Achievement, 16.5 Continuing Education Units and will be eligible to sit for the RNFA certification examination administered by the Association of Operating Room Nurses. The program is designed to prepare the students to function in the entry-level RN First Assistant role and emphasizes the skills and theoretical knowledge required in the perioperative setting. From left, first row: Santina Motyka Little, Dover, N.J.; Tamara Gola, RN, Perkasie; Alyce Rucane, RN, Stroudsburg; Eileen Feltner, FNP, Horseheads, N.Y.; Patti Sassaman, Whitehall; Patricia Farrell, CST, RN, CSA, Sweet Valley. Second row: Dr. Dana Charles Clark, Kingston, program instructor and provost and vice president of academic affairs; Barbara Dustin, Malone, N.Y.; Valerie Caivano, Saylorsburg; Felix Rivera, Bridgewater, N.J.; Sheryl Moyer, Fleetwood; Margaret Bond, Morgantown; Dorie Landreth, Avoca, N.Y.

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