Findings of the 1990 and 1992 student nurse anesthetist survey.

A Student Nurse Anesthetist Survey was sent to each nurse anesthesia educational program in 1990 and in 1992 to assess students' perception of clinical experiences during their training. Two students (one first-year and one second-year student) were selected by each nurse anesthesia program director to represent the program and complete the surveys. The survey included questions directed at such topics as student administration of regional anesthesia, student performance of different techniques of intubation, student placement of invasive lines, and student perception of their overall clinical experiences. The findings indicated that nurse anesthesia students' clinical experiences and perceptions of their clinical experiences were very similar in both 1990 and 1992 for first-year and second-year student respondents.