News Archives - National Assistant at Surgery Certification

4 Feb

New Certificants of 2024!

Please join us in celebrating these 46 new CRNFAs who have earned their certification by completing the CRNFA Professional Portfolio and 47 new RNAS-C who have passed the RNAS-C National Exam.

25 Oct

CRNFA Achieves ABSNC Accreditation

Felicia Lembesis, CAE, ICE-CCPExecutive Director856-439-9080info@absnc.org National Assistant at Surgery Certification (NASC)Receives Accreditation of its Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA)From the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification Mt Laurel, NJ, October 16, 2024 —The Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC), is pleased to announce the National Assistant at Surgery Certification (NASC) has been granted accreditation […]

5 Mar

New Certificants of 2023!

Please join us in celebrating these 51 new CRNFAs who have earned their certification by completing the CRNFA Professional Portfolio and 51 new RNAS-C who have passed the RNAS-C National Exam.

23 Mar

CRNFA Accreditation Status

Since 1992 the Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA) certification has been the premier credential for nurses in the expanded role of RNFA and remains so to this day. CRNFA was originally developed by the Competency and Credentialing Institute (CCI) and was accredited as an exam-based credential. Maintaining accreditation for an exam-based credential requires statistical […]

13 Jan

New Certificants of 2022!

Please join us in celebrating these 47 new CRNFAs who have earned their certification by completing the CRNFA Professional Portfolio and 26 new RNAS-C who have passed the RNAS-C National Exam.

12 Feb

New CRNFAs!

Please join us in celebrating these 130 new CRNFAs who have earned their certification by completing the CRNFA Professional Portfolio.

19 May

NASC is now on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn

Did you know you can keep up with the latest NASC news by following our social media accounts? We will always post the latest news on social media, so pick your favorite social media platform(s) and check in for our weekly postings.

16 Nov

CRNFA Job Analysis Task Force Meeting

Nine members of the RNFA community met in Denver in September 2019 to serve as Subject Matter Experts on the NASC Job Analysis Committee.

16 Nov

NASC Board of Directors

NASC is pleased to announce the appointment of our first Board of Directors. The board consists of six members from the RNFA community and one public member.

16 Nov

I am an RNFA. How do I get certified?

The certification body for RNFAs is the National Assistant at Surgery Certification (NASC). To become certified as an RNFA you must: