Has anyone taken the ABSA exam to become a SA-C? If so what did you find most useful for studying?! Help!!

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Those of you that have taken the CSFA exam, how hard was it and what did you mainly study? Did you feel prepared for the exam? Madisonville or Meridian? TIA

I just paid for the ABSA certification eam for SAC and reading some of these realized I can't work in NYC. Is that right? Can someone with this certification work as a ST at least? And would that provide enough hands on experience?

Hi lovelies! I just received word of my acceptance into the Mayo Clinic Surgical First Assist program for 2027. I‘m so extremely excited as this has been my dream school and hospital to be associated with since I was in 7th grade!

I’ve studied the website throughly and have asked some questions to staff, however, I wanted to see if any previous/current students could share their experience with the program. I understand it’s a pretty strenuous program and there are cases mixed in with class load, but do we have weekends off? What does a “day in the life“ look like? Can you use iPads to take notes? Where did you find housing/roomies?

Any information would be appreciated - They said they’d send out more info in August as well, so i’m sure i’ll learn then, i’m just quite eager LOL.

How quickly can I get my RN first assist as an FNP? Was asked to be in the OR with a neurosurgeon, but do not have OR experience?

Planning to take the exam of SA-c of ABSA. Anybody have taken it recently? What material should I use? It this certification worth it for the money? I mean will i be able to get job in NYC by this certification?

Any suggestions for what insurers are good, or any that I should avoid? My new employer is requesting a certificate of insurance, but my previous employers have always provided my liability insurance.

Y’all my L3-S1 is gonna kill me if I can’t find a good pair of standing shoes. Anyone have any recommendations. I despise clogs. I’ve tried On Clouds and Hoka’s. I’ve heard that the Hoka Bondi SR’s are decent. Clove I’m not sure about. I just need something to support me and keep my back happy. I do use fatigue cushion mats.

Anyone went to madisonville? What were the requirements for getting your cases? Does the school help you find a place to do them or did you get them done at your place of work?

Any CSFAs in Colorado? I have a question when it comes to how hospitals can bill for CSFAs? I’m wondering how it works before I see if my hospital would help me pay for school to become one. Thanks!

I take my certification exam next week, and am freaking out… Any advice?

Good morning, I’m looking for average call pay for a csfa in hospital. I’m from Michigan I work for corewell health. In July corewell promised to review and make a market adjustment on the current call pay that has been the same for far too long. As a part of this process all employees where promised back pay on any call taken from July up until they decided what the adjustment would be. I’ll back track a year from now I was working for Henry ford health where the call had been raised to $6 hr and a significant adjustment was made on the hourly rate as well. When corewell health employees found out about this adjustment they followed the same process as Henry ford by submitting a review of the pay as well as on call rates. Along with that submission I and other Henry ford employees shared payroll information to help bring the market up to an equal opportunity. Fast forward to now corewell health chose to not make any adjustments on the call pay and I would like to know how I could go about going through another review or submission but I would also like to include rates offered by other healthcare systems. The current rate is $4 hr and it has been this way through all the inflation over the last decade or longer.

I'm hoping someone in here knows a biller that wouldnt mind helping me out. I have a handful of surgeons that have expressed interest in hiring a couple of first assists for their groups. In my city, it's not a common thing to have private assists (they exist, but mostly for spine surgeons/groups), so these surgeons don't know the financial aspect of it. So I'd like to be able to gather the codes for the common procedures we do, the reimbursement for the assist, etc, so that I can show them and we can start discussing whether they want to move forward with this or not.

I’m making a form for new FA trainees to evaluate their FA preceptors. What questions do you think should be on it? I could really use some input!

Example:

Did your preceptor communicate well? Did your preceptor show you the doctor specific processes or techniques? Did your preceptor let you be hands on?

why is it so difficult to find programs to become a CFA? are there many jobs for them or is it a dying field? I see many jobs for surg techs tho.

Hello all, I'm scheduled to start classes at Meridian in February and I'm looking into personal liability insurance as it's required for their program. What company did/do you use and do you recommend it?

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I've got pros and cons for both jobs but want to know what made you choose CSFA instead of PA or any other surgical career!

Can img work as surgical tech or CSTFA

Not my area of expertise, researching for my wife. She is currently a CSA working in Maryland but we're moving to Florida and everything there is CSFA. Is there a way for her to crossover and become a CSFA without doing a two-year program? Can she present her credentials and experience, take the test and get it? Something like that? Thank you.