![]() ![]() Stash my ill-fitting t-shirt under a bush, don the lime green Earl’s Cyclery jersey of which I am so proud. Unlock the bike and sprint away before I can be seen, duck into the woods through cross-country running trails. ![]() Downstairs, past the biology room that was to be my penitentiary for the next 90 minutes and out the door. Book down, shoes picked up, helmet grabbed out of the locker’s top shelf and spare jersey snatched out of my bag. It was not so much a decision as a reaction. Underneath the book lay my well-worn Sidi mountain bike shoes, still a bit warm from my commute in that morning. Tucked in its pages were two red slips of paper, reminders from the teacher that I’d missed two homework assignments. The new lock’s combination sprung to my fingers - good to know that some piece of my memory is working today - and I reached inside to grab my biology textbook. I stepped out of the English classroom, walked away from the portraits of Shakespeare and Chaucer and Frost himself and into the bleak hallway lined with lockers, making my way to mine. Even pride can do the same, altering personal realities and affecting decisions and actions in ways that can’t be recognized until the flood of whatever emotion arose has finished its stint behind the eyes, receding back to its own murky pool. Our minds have a way of doing this to us, of shutting down the required bits under a storm of stress, or embarrassment, or anger. My awkward collection of skinny limbs and pointy joints the rest of me hadn’t quite grown into sunk down into my horribly uncomfortable one-piece desk/chair contraption, stared straight ahead, eyes unfocused, listening as though through a mile-long tunnel to the taskmaster’s next words: “you’ll try again on Thursday.” Skin still glowing, I waited for the rest of the class to stammer through Frost’s work, before being called on to attempt a recital once again.Īgain, failure. “Sit down,” I was gruffly told, as though my failure was mild personal assault on the kind man who had unfathomably dreamed up such a heinous assignment. I forgot them that day, stuttering to recall the last stanza as the eyes of 30-odd students in my brand new school lit my face on fire, the insecure and introverted pathways of my mind clogging up those I really needed, in that moment. And though the verses now reside permanently between my ears, they did not gain traction without a fight. Bohn’s freshman English class 12 years ago. Whose words those are I certainly know, forced as I was to recite them in front of Mr. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost ![]() You can submit questions to Be sure to check out Caley’s previous columns. Every other week he tackles the rumors, trends, innovations, and underpinnings of the tech world - or something else entirely. The RNFA role is recognized within the scope of nursing practice by nurse practice acts in all 50 states.Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!Įditor’s Note: The Torqued Wrench is a look inside the mind of tech writer Caley Fretz. What is a Registered Nurse First Assistant?Ī Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) is a perioperative registered nurse who functions in an expanded role or an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) who is functioning as a first assistant. The program is offered as a hybrid long-distance learning program that includes a five-day session at the College's Marple Campus, which is conveniently located 20 minutes from the Philadelphia International Airport. Rothrock, PhD, RN, CNOR, FAAN, is approved for continuing education credits by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Inc., is an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation and is acknowledged by the Competency and Credentialing Institute as meeting the educational requirements to sit for the RNFA Certification Exam.įaculty includes a Board Certified Surgeon and Master's prepared certified nurses with experience in Perioperative nursing and first assisting. The program, established in 1985 by founder Jane C. The RN First Assistant in Surgery Program is a six-credit certificate program designed for Perioperative Registered Nurses.
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