A CRNA Preceptor Workshop to Increase Preceptor Satisfaction, Confidence, and Comfort: A Quality Improvement Project

The purpose of this quality improvement project was to determine whether a 4-hour Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) preceptor workshop would significantly increase staff CRNA preceptors' satisfaction, confidence, and/or comfort, to better prepare CRNAs to precept. A review of the literature, interviews with experienced CRNA preceptors, and a needs assessment survey were completed and used to develop the workshop's curriculum. For evaluation of the impact of this quality improvement project, attendees were asked to complete preworkshop and postworkshop surveys. Because scores were skewed, the significance of the differences from presurvey to postsurvey was determined with the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for the median difference. The median for all scores increased significantly from presurvey to the postsurvey. Because 94% of attendees had never attended a CRNA preceptor education course and 82% had never participated in any type of preceptor education or preparation, the results from this project suggest that this program fulfilled an unmet need for CRNA preceptors at this institution.