CRNA Exam 1 – Scope of Practice (Summer 1 Review & Test
Questions) latest 2025-2026 graded A+
What is anesthesiology? - CORRECT ANSWER-The art and science of rendering a patient
insensible to pain.
-Anesthetic agents & adjuncts
-Procedures (i.e. regional)
What are the 3 pillars of anesthesia? - CORRECT ANSWER-Sanders:
-Immobility
-Amnesia
-Analgesia
What is meant by anesthesia and anesthesia-related care? - CORRECT ANSWER-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 ANSWER-Depends on
who is providing the care, debate...however, *same standards of care*
,Is anesthesia care or cure oriented? - CORRECT ANSWER-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 ANSWER-Civil war: Nurse anesthetists began delivering anesthesia via open drop
ether technique.
T/F: Medical speciality of anesthesia preceded that of nursing specialty. - CORRECT
ANSWER-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 ANSWER-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 ANSWER-Agnes McGee
(Oregon 1909)
Who performed 1st endotracheal anesthetic in US? - CORRECT ANSWER-Helen Lamb
, When did MD anesthesia training begin? - CORRECT ANSWER-Not until 1927-Dr. Ralph
Waters wanted to bring anesthesia into realm of medical practice, away from nursing.
When & who founded the AANA? - CORRECT ANSWER-Agatha Hodgins 1931
(ASA created 1936)
What was found from 3 big legal cases brought against NAs in the US prior to 1940? -
CORRECT ANSWER-All 3 were challenging nurse anesthesia as illegally practicing medicine.
All found in favor of the nursing profession, relying on the premise that the surgeon was
the person practicing medicine.
The Montana Society of Anesthesiologists v. Montana Board of Nursing helped reaffirm
what more recently? - CORRECT ANSWER-2007: re-affirmed CRNA practice
Why is the role of anesthesia unique?
While pt anatomy rest in the hand's of ________________, the pt ________________ rests in the
hands of the anesthesia provider? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ours is a role of physiologic
*support and monitoring and intervention*
Patient's anatomy rest in surgeon's hands, the patient's physiology in ours
Questions) latest 2025-2026 graded A+
What is anesthesiology? - CORRECT ANSWER-The art and science of rendering a patient
insensible to pain.
-Anesthetic agents & adjuncts
-Procedures (i.e. regional)
What are the 3 pillars of anesthesia? - CORRECT ANSWER-Sanders:
-Immobility
-Amnesia
-Analgesia
What is meant by anesthesia and anesthesia-related care? - CORRECT ANSWER-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 ANSWER-Depends on
who is providing the care, debate...however, *same standards of care*
,Is anesthesia care or cure oriented? - CORRECT ANSWER-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 ANSWER-Civil war: Nurse anesthetists began delivering anesthesia via open drop
ether technique.
T/F: Medical speciality of anesthesia preceded that of nursing specialty. - CORRECT
ANSWER-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 ANSWER-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 ANSWER-Agnes McGee
(Oregon 1909)
Who performed 1st endotracheal anesthetic in US? - CORRECT ANSWER-Helen Lamb
, When did MD anesthesia training begin? - CORRECT ANSWER-Not until 1927-Dr. Ralph
Waters wanted to bring anesthesia into realm of medical practice, away from nursing.
When & who founded the AANA? - CORRECT ANSWER-Agatha Hodgins 1931
(ASA created 1936)
What was found from 3 big legal cases brought against NAs in the US prior to 1940? -
CORRECT ANSWER-All 3 were challenging nurse anesthesia as illegally practicing medicine.
All found in favor of the nursing profession, relying on the premise that the surgeon was
the person practicing medicine.
The Montana Society of Anesthesiologists v. Montana Board of Nursing helped reaffirm
what more recently? - CORRECT ANSWER-2007: re-affirmed CRNA practice
Why is the role of anesthesia unique?
While pt anatomy rest in the hand's of ________________, the pt ________________ rests in the
hands of the anesthesia provider? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ours is a role of physiologic
*support and monitoring and intervention*
Patient's anatomy rest in surgeon's hands, the patient's physiology in ours
