title: Implementation of the RN first assistant role.
abstract: The RN first assistant (RNFA) program at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters in Norfolk, Va, began as a dream in which RNs could expand their role within a cost-effective, hospital-based implementation of the RNFA role. Our dream included a career development path for perioperative nurses who had few other career options within the surgical arena. This article describes how the dream came true.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Services, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poe
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bubb
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D006040:Goals; D006285:Health Planning; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D014768:Virginia; D000078329:Workforce