DNAP 730 INTRO EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | DNAP 730
EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
I (1) - Health & Wellness: The Role & Responsibilities of the Anesthesia Professional - ANS ✔✔
´Introduces general concepts & dimensions of wellness, threat of stress, & need for resilience
II (2) - Stress: Understanding Causes & Consequences - ANS ✔✔´Explores specific stress research data
from CRNA & SRNA populations
III (3)- Stressors Encountered in Healthcare Systems & How to Cope More Effectively - ANS ✔✔
´Addresses specific healthcare stressors & introduces risks for chemical dependency & addiction
IV (4)- Risk & Exposure: Signs & Symptoms, Pathophysiology, & Co-morbidities of Substance Use Disorder
(SUD) - ANS ✔✔´Broad overview of disease of addiction, with signs & behaviors to recognize an impaired
colleague; presents introduction to understanding of mental health conditions such as burnout,
depression, & impact of these on overall well-being
V (5)- Management of Chemical Dependency & Addiction (Intervention, Treatment/Rehabilitation,
Recovery, Re-entry: Return to Practice, & Avoiding Relapse) - ANS ✔✔´Consequences of disease of
addiction, introduces treatment & recovery, explores challenge of potential re-entry to the profession &
relapse
VI (6)- Understanding the Environment for Successful Building & Sustaining of a Personal Wellness Plan -
ANS ✔✔Resources for creating & sustaining a personal wellness plan
1948 WHO definition of health - ANS ✔✔"A state of complete physical, mental, & social well-being and
NOT merely the ABSENCE of disease"
2012 Wellness Definition - ANS ✔✔Considered a multidimensional concept that includes physical,
emotional, social, mental, & environmental aspects
Wellness - ANS ✔✔A positive state of the mind, body, & spirit reflecting a balance of effective
adaptation, resilience, & coping mechanisms in personal & professional environments that enhance
quality of life
Literature supports a wide range of practices to encourage self-care & enhance balance; need to
individualize these practices, as one size does not fit all - ANS ✔✔Wellness Implementation
Total Health & Wellness - ANS ✔✔´State in which individuals can sustain optimal well-being &
performance under all conditions
´Having the resources to grow & recover in the face of stressors & changing demands
´Critical need among the helping professions to address EARLY intervention for coping with the mental,
emotional, spiritual, & occupational stress that occurs as a natural artifact of providing services to others
´Lack of wellness in anesthesia professionals can à personal issues that affect patient safety: - ANS ✔✔
´Substance abuse - alcohol/drugs
, ´Psychiatric problems
´Physical illness
´Declining competency
´Personality problems
´Disruptive workplace interactions
´Abusive behavior with colleagues or patients
Personal & Professional Well-being - ANS ✔✔´Take personal responsibility for ourselves
´Develop coping techniques to accommodate our work/school environment
´Develop lifelong RESILIENCE & personal well-being to enhance the profession, as well as provide safe
patient care
You can control your state of wellness by how you handle risk factors in your life, Behavioral responses
you can control: - ANS ✔✔´The observable response of an individual to an external stimuli
´The relationship between one's behavior & the positive or negative outcomes
´All behavior has meaning & is a component of physical & mental well-being
CREATION Health Letters - ANS ✔✔Choice
Rest
Environment
Activity
Trust
Interpersonal Relationships
Outlook
Nutrition
Seven Dimensions of Wellness - ANS ✔✔´Physical Wellness {Rest, Nutrition, Activity}
´Emotional Wellness {Trust, Interpersonal}
´Intellectual Wellness {Choice, Outlook}
´Spiritual Wellness {Trust}
´Social Wellness {Interpersonal}
´Environmental Wellness {Environment}
´Occupational Wellness {Outlook}
Resilience - ANS ✔✔The ability to bounce back & adapt well when faced with traumatic, tragic, adverse,
or significantly stressful situations
Resilience can be learned & enhanced - ANS ✔✔People are born with some level of inherent resilience
(genetic) & are impacted along the way by their environment, but education & effective self-care can
improve resiliency behavior, the ability to cope, & overall sense of well-being
Mindfullness - ANS ✔✔´A flexible state of mind in which we are actively engaged in the present, noticing
new things & sensitive to context
´Langer, 1998
´Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, &
nonjudgmentally
´John Kabat-Zinn, 2005
EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
I (1) - Health & Wellness: The Role & Responsibilities of the Anesthesia Professional - ANS ✔✔
´Introduces general concepts & dimensions of wellness, threat of stress, & need for resilience
II (2) - Stress: Understanding Causes & Consequences - ANS ✔✔´Explores specific stress research data
from CRNA & SRNA populations
III (3)- Stressors Encountered in Healthcare Systems & How to Cope More Effectively - ANS ✔✔
´Addresses specific healthcare stressors & introduces risks for chemical dependency & addiction
IV (4)- Risk & Exposure: Signs & Symptoms, Pathophysiology, & Co-morbidities of Substance Use Disorder
(SUD) - ANS ✔✔´Broad overview of disease of addiction, with signs & behaviors to recognize an impaired
colleague; presents introduction to understanding of mental health conditions such as burnout,
depression, & impact of these on overall well-being
V (5)- Management of Chemical Dependency & Addiction (Intervention, Treatment/Rehabilitation,
Recovery, Re-entry: Return to Practice, & Avoiding Relapse) - ANS ✔✔´Consequences of disease of
addiction, introduces treatment & recovery, explores challenge of potential re-entry to the profession &
relapse
VI (6)- Understanding the Environment for Successful Building & Sustaining of a Personal Wellness Plan -
ANS ✔✔Resources for creating & sustaining a personal wellness plan
1948 WHO definition of health - ANS ✔✔"A state of complete physical, mental, & social well-being and
NOT merely the ABSENCE of disease"
2012 Wellness Definition - ANS ✔✔Considered a multidimensional concept that includes physical,
emotional, social, mental, & environmental aspects
Wellness - ANS ✔✔A positive state of the mind, body, & spirit reflecting a balance of effective
adaptation, resilience, & coping mechanisms in personal & professional environments that enhance
quality of life
Literature supports a wide range of practices to encourage self-care & enhance balance; need to
individualize these practices, as one size does not fit all - ANS ✔✔Wellness Implementation
Total Health & Wellness - ANS ✔✔´State in which individuals can sustain optimal well-being &
performance under all conditions
´Having the resources to grow & recover in the face of stressors & changing demands
´Critical need among the helping professions to address EARLY intervention for coping with the mental,
emotional, spiritual, & occupational stress that occurs as a natural artifact of providing services to others
´Lack of wellness in anesthesia professionals can à personal issues that affect patient safety: - ANS ✔✔
´Substance abuse - alcohol/drugs
, ´Psychiatric problems
´Physical illness
´Declining competency
´Personality problems
´Disruptive workplace interactions
´Abusive behavior with colleagues or patients
Personal & Professional Well-being - ANS ✔✔´Take personal responsibility for ourselves
´Develop coping techniques to accommodate our work/school environment
´Develop lifelong RESILIENCE & personal well-being to enhance the profession, as well as provide safe
patient care
You can control your state of wellness by how you handle risk factors in your life, Behavioral responses
you can control: - ANS ✔✔´The observable response of an individual to an external stimuli
´The relationship between one's behavior & the positive or negative outcomes
´All behavior has meaning & is a component of physical & mental well-being
CREATION Health Letters - ANS ✔✔Choice
Rest
Environment
Activity
Trust
Interpersonal Relationships
Outlook
Nutrition
Seven Dimensions of Wellness - ANS ✔✔´Physical Wellness {Rest, Nutrition, Activity}
´Emotional Wellness {Trust, Interpersonal}
´Intellectual Wellness {Choice, Outlook}
´Spiritual Wellness {Trust}
´Social Wellness {Interpersonal}
´Environmental Wellness {Environment}
´Occupational Wellness {Outlook}
Resilience - ANS ✔✔The ability to bounce back & adapt well when faced with traumatic, tragic, adverse,
or significantly stressful situations
Resilience can be learned & enhanced - ANS ✔✔People are born with some level of inherent resilience
(genetic) & are impacted along the way by their environment, but education & effective self-care can
improve resiliency behavior, the ability to cope, & overall sense of well-being
Mindfullness - ANS ✔✔´A flexible state of mind in which we are actively engaged in the present, noticing
new things & sensitive to context
´Langer, 1998
´Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, &
nonjudgmentally
´John Kabat-Zinn, 2005
