title: Are RNFAs a threat to PAs?
abstract: PAs are dependent practitioners, but that means we are an integral part of a team, and our value extends far beyond the operating room. Reimbursement for surgical services includes all services provided within a 60-day period of the operation. All care provided by a PA, therefore--care that an RNFA is neither trained nor allowed by law to perform--represents added value. Our presence and contribution save time, reduce the workload of the surgeon in and out of the operating room, and enhance care. Our mission, then, is to communicate our value not only to our employers but also to the hospitals in which we work and the communities that we serve. Are RNFAs a threat to PAs? As long as we remain multifaceted and promptly address misinformation disseminated about the PA profession, our value will speak for itself.
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000193:education; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000193:education; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000193:education / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce