Resident Wellness

• Substance Use Disorder
• Emotional Wellness
• Physical Wellness
• Wellness Ambassador Network

• Thrive in Training: finding balance with FY22 Health & Wellness Committee SRNAs Temima Luchansky and Maya Kelkar on finding balance in anesthesia training.
• The Hardship in Anesthesia School where Jon Lowrance shares his own struggles while in CRNA school. He also discusses why anesthesia school is hard and how to move forward.
• Demystifying Session for SRNAs on mental health and coping resources.
• Student Nurse Anesthesia Podcast: SRNA-run podcast discussing anesthesia topics.
• CRNA School Prep Academy Podcast: Specific to SRNAs with a CRNA mentor as the host.
• Provider Wellness Podcast: CRNA-run podcast discussing health and wellness from the broad to the specific.
• Anesthesia Guidebook: CRNA-specific topics to wellness.
• Radio Headspace: Join every weekday morning to pause and reflect.
• TED Health: Smart daily habits to new medical breakthroughs every weekday.
• Tiny Leaps, Big Changes: Personal development podcast focused on exploring the day-to-day behaviors that determine the results we gain in our lives.

AANA NewsBulletin

• The 10 Steps to Success as an SRNA
• Healthy Eating Tips for SRNAs
• The Power of Balance in the Aspiring Nurse Anesthetists
• Stress in Nurse Anesthesia Educators and Students
• Dealing with Stress: A Student Nurse Anesthetist’s Perspective
• Substance Abuse and Anesthesia: Why It Is Your Problem and What SRNAs Are Doing About It
• Student Stress: A Question of Balance

AANA Journal

• Stress, Anxiety, and Well-being in Nurse Anesthesia Doctoral Students, October 2021
• Perceptions of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists on Factors Affecting Their Transition from Student, December 2017
• Wellness and Thriving in a Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist Population, October 2017

Becky Frese
AANA Professional Practice Specialist

Alyssa Rojo, MSN, RN
AANA Nurse-Research Analyst

Staff Liaisons to the Wellness Committee

(847) 655-1138, wellness@aana.com.

• Wellness Ambassadors in Your State
• AANA Helpline: (800) 654-5167
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Hotline: (800) 273-TALK or Text TALK to 741741

See the listing of upcoming 2024 Resident Roundtable webinars.

The Resident Roundtable is a by RRNAs, for RRNAs open and judgment-free online peer-to-peer support sessions related to anything about the RRNA experience. Sessions are held throughout the year. Registration opens about a month before the event. For more information, contact wellness@aana.com.

“I attended my first Resident Roundtable session and found it both informative and reassuring. To hear RRNAs across the nation asking the same questions and expressing the same concerns I have, made me feel less alone. I really appreciate the AANA supporting the health & wellness of RRNAs. It means a lot that I am entering into a career that cares about my well-being as a human, not just my performance as an RRNA/CRNA.” – 1st-year RRNA

“Thank you for the Resident Roundtable last night via Zoom. It was very much needed for the journey I am on. I took away many gems to hold with me as I transition from LEAP to a full-fledged RRNA this year.”

“Thank you for your presentation! I start clinical tomorrow and am very nervous. A few things you said helped me put things into perspective though so thank you!“

“I really enjoyed the session. It’s good to hear about other students’ experiences and I was able to have a few books to listen to during ‘me time’. Thanks for all that you do.”

“I am in the first year of school (3^rd quarter). I will start clinicals in the summer. I attended your Resident Roundtable session last night. I found it VERY helpful. Especially because it seems like the CRNA school experience will become less collective and more parallel to my peers as we enter clinicals. I try to take this experience one day at a time but any time I think about clinicals I get pretty anxious.“