Scope of CRNA Practice-Exam TEST MOD 001 with Revised Correct Q & A 2023/2024
What is anesthesiology? correct answers The art and science of rendering
... [Show More] a patient insensible to pain.
-Anesthetic agents & adjuncts
-Procedures (i.e. regional)
What are the 3 pillars of anesthesia? correct answers Sanders:
-Immobility
-Amnesia
-Analgesia
What is meant by anesthesia and anesthesia-related care? correct answers Anesthesia care: the services provided upon *request, assignment, and referral by a patient's physician, or other health care provider authorized to diagnose*, and provide therapeutic and surgical procedures
Is anesthesiology the practice of nursing or medicine? correct answers Depends on who is providing the care, debate...however, *same standards of care*
Is anesthesia care or cure oriented? correct answers We are in the care role...anesthesia rarely cures.
In which war did nurses & nurse anesthetists begin to play a vital role in anesthesia? correct answers Civil war: Nurse anesthetists began delivering anesthesia via open drop ether technique.
T/F: Medical speciality of anesthesia preceded that of nursing specialty. correct answers FALSE: Nursing specialty of anesthesia preceded that of a medical specialty.
-CRNAs principle providers in every war up through WWII
-Vietnam: 17 CRNAs to every MD
-Panama/Iraq: CRNAs largest group
Who was the most famous NA of the 19th century? Why? correct answers Alice Magaw
-Anesthetist for Mayo brothers
-First known NA to publish scientific article
->14,000 administrations w/ no death
Who established the 1st NA educational program? correct answers Agnes McGee (Oregon 1909)
Who performed 1st endotracheal anesthetic in US? correct answers Helen Lamb
When did MD anesthesia training begin? correct answers Not until 1927-Dr. Ralph Waters wanted to bring anesthesia into realm of medical practice, away from nursing.
When & who founded the AANA? correct answers Agatha Hodgins 1931
(ASA created 1936) [Show Less]