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The January 2010 Node Edition is available

Click here to download or click on the Node Online button on the left.
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There is an exciting new site with a wealth of information for Surgical Assistants, to visit click here or go to the Continuing Education page.

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The Winter Edition of the Node is available now.

To download click here.

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The VIrginia Board of Health Professions has issued a formal invitation to comment on the need to regulate Emerging Professions for legislation purposes.

It is extremely important for ALL surgical assistants in Virginia to participate in this event.

Please download the official invitation by clicking here.

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You can renew your fees through Paypal!

Click here to renew now!

2008 Node Online Summer Edition available now!

The Node is back! To view the node online please click on the "Node Online" link at the right.

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2008 NSAA ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN NORFOLK, VA

Thank you to all who attended, it was the best attended conference to date.
If you would like to see photos from the event click on the conference link.

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American College of Surgeons Recognizes Certified Surgical Assistants (CSAs) for Affiliate Membership under the Allied Health Professional Category!

NSAA is excited to announce that the American College of Surgeons (ACS) recently updated their membership categories for Affiliate Membership.

The Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) is now listed under the Allied Health Professional Category - along with Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Anesthetists, Physician Assistants, and Registered Nurses.

In an effort to encourage all of our members to join ACS - the NSAA is offering a $50 discount on annual dues for 2007 for anyone providing proof of membership in ACS along with their dues payment. The NSAA Board of Directors feels strongly that professional membership in an organization as prestigious as the American College of Surgeons is important for every CSA!

Show your professionalism - join the American College of Surgeons as an Affiliate Member today!

Go to www.facs.org , go to Membership and then to Affiliate Member.

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New Qualifications effective August 2007

After careful consideration, the NSAA has again upgraded its qualifications for obtaining the CSA (Certified Surgical Assistant) credential. NSAA constantly strives to upgrade our standards for qualification to sit for the CSA credential. We have increased our standards by eliminating the experience only category for certification.

For more information click here.

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Florida legislative efforts

To view more information about the legislative efforts in Florida regarding Surgical Assistant regulation/reimbursement please visit: www.floridasurgicalassistants.org

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NEWS HEADLINES

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JOIN THE NORTH AMERICAN SPINE SOCIETY!

Certified Surgical Assistants can join this great organization as Affiliate Allied Health Professionals under "other" or "technical". Become a member and get noticed!

North American Spine Society
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Click the following link for information on how you can help the relief efforts in Haiti:

http://www.operationgivingback.facs.org/content2911.html

NSAA and the American College of Surgeons dinner and meeting photos

"Setting standards of professionalism, proficiency and continued education for Non Physician Surgical Assistants throughout the country"

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

This opportunity ends December 31, 2010

In a spirit of bringing the profession together under one roof and providing a true home for the Non-Physician Surgical Assistant, the NSAA Board of Directors has voted to expand our criteria for eligibility to become a CSA by including the experienced CFA, SA-C and OPA-C.

It is our goal to unite the Non-Physician Surgical Assistant community, to increase visibility and recognition, and to eventually obtain national legislation.

Please go to Membership & Certification for a list of criteria and documentation.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call our Executive Director, Ruth Helein, or email her at nsaa@namgmt.com.

We are excited about welcoming new members from our SA community!

The National Surgical Assistant Association (NSAA) was the first organization in the country to establish standards of professionalism and proficiency for Non Physician Surgical Assistants.

NSAA has a stringent process to qualify individuals to sit for the certification examination in order to receive the prestigious Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) credential. Only those individuals who possess the knowledge, skills and proficiency to perform surgical assisting at the advanced level obtain the credential.

The certification examination for the CSA credential is known throughout the country as the most comprehensive, complex and thorough examination for testing the knowledge, skills and proficiency of the surgical assistant. Exam questions are reviewed by surgeons, Certified Surgical Assistants and academics before being accepted for the examination database.

Certified Surgical Assistants (CSA) make the difference in the operating room! Patient safety is the first priority in the operating room. Making certain that the operating team is made up of the most highly skilled individuals assures the best possible scenario for a patient receiving surgical intervention. When the first assistant is a CSA – the patient is assured that the assistant has successfully passed the most stringent certification examination in the country for the Non Physician Surgical Assistant.

NSAA is proud of its CSAs and the process each of them went through to receive this prestigious credential!

Certified Surgical Assistant

This term shall apply to all persons who join the Association as a qualified Candidate Member and who successfully pass the Certification Examination.
The term "Certified Surgical Assistant" is a continuous membership classification and may be used for as long as a member maintains continuing education credits for his/her certification and is in good standing with the Association.
Certified Surgical Assistants shall have full voting rights.

NSAA Leadership dines with Dr. L.D. Britt, President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons

NSAA Leadership meets with Dr. L.D. Britt, President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons, and discussed the future relationship of NSAA and the American College of Surgeons

Dan Baird, CSA, NSAA Legislative Liasion, at dinner with Dr. L. D. Britt, President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons

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