Educating SRNAs on Barriers and Facilitators of Clinical Learning

Abstract

A national survey of 143 Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists (SRNAs) conducted by Clancy and Bruinius (2022) revealed that factors impeding effective SRNA clinical education include unstable preceptorship, hostile environments, limited autonomy, and heavy didactic burdens. Clancy and Bruinius (2022) also found that facilitators of SRNA clinical education include rapport with preceptors, effective feedback, strong clinical site orientation, and beginning of day discussions. This project aimed to enhance second-year SRNAs\u27 clinical success by mitigating these evidence-based barriers and employing these evidence-based facilitators by developing a presentation for SRNAs and assessing its effectiveness through a pre-implementation survey and post-implementation survey. The literature review and survey results indicated that a preclinical educational intervention on barriers and facilitators of SRNA clinical success may improve SRNAs’ clinical comfort, rapport with preceptors, feedback interactions, and management of stress and anxiety