GasCast is a podcast produced by University of Cincinnati nurse anesthesia students, featuring interviews with fellow students and practicing CRNAs to explore burnout, mental health, and resilience in anesthesia training and practice. In Season 1, Mary Clare and Scot examined burnout in the anesthesia profession. Building on that foundation, Season 2 is hosted by Hannah and Zach, who blend research, personal experience, and expert perspectives to explore how burnout develops and—most importantly—how it can be prevented.
Episode 1: Burnout, Brains, and Building Resilience in Nurse Anesthesia
In this episode of GasCast, UC nurse anesthesia students Hannah Stich and Zach Heilman explore burnout through both lived experience and neuroscience. Joined by first-year RNSA Chelsea Mabley, they dive into what burnout truly is, how it shows up in training, and how habits like exercise, mindfulness, and mentorship can help rewire the brain and restore resilience.
25 Jan 2026
Episode 2: Surviving to Sustaining Burnout Through the Years
In Episode 2 of GasCast, Hannah and Zach explore how burnout evolves during the later stages of nurse anesthesia training and early practice. Drawing from personal experience and a chat with CRNA Molly O’Brien, they discuss burnout in RNSA2s and RNSA3s, the transition to practice, job selection, and the real consequences of unmanaged burnout.
30 Apr 2024
Episode 2: Transitioning from SRNA to CRNA with Jessica Storey, DNP, CRNA
On this episode, we sit down with Jessica Storey, DNP, CRNA to discuss what it is like to transition from SRNA to CRNA and how to handle it effectively. Jessica has been practicing as a Pediatric CRNA for 4 years and describes her personal experience with stress and how it has changed throughout her time as a CRNA. Additionally, we discuss themes that were present in our DNP project free-response question about stress management and offer evidence-based strategies to mitigate burnout.
29 Apr 2024
Episode 1: An Interview with Katie Dean, MSN, CRNA
Mary Clare and Scot sit down and talk with Katie Dean, MSN, CRNA. Katie has been a CRNA for 8 years and currently works at The University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Katie talks about her personal experience with burnout, how it has affected her career, and strategies that she employs to mitigate it. Mary Clare and Scot also detail what burnout is and present listeners with an overview of their DNP Project focusing on burnout amongst CRNAs and SRNAs
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