What do schools think of a critical care float pool?

go for it. get your ccrn. sounds like you have great experience. I started applying after 2 years in the ICU.

I think the 1 1/2 years in MSICU is good enough. I do think schools maybe look down at float pool just because (at least in my experiences) float pool nurses don't get the sick patients and are usually stuck with the boarders or the chronic patients. But like others said get the CCRN and I think you will be just fine.

I think you should get your CCRN and start applying CRNA schools.

I had worked in Neuro & Trauma ICU for about 17 years when I applied. Much of my career was either as a traveler or float pool. I just hated the politics of the FT unit stuff. When I applied at 2 schools (both of which I was accepted at) I'd been a float pool nurse at Level I trauma center for a couple of years & had the supervisor of the service write one of my letters of recommendation. I can honestly say that as a veteran ICU nurse, CCRN, & CNRN I was NEVER given the easy assignments (it was a county teaching hospital where few pt's were easy anyway). Anyway, at my interviews never once did anyone question my experience. In fact, one of my interviewers commented on the fact that as a float pool & contract nurse I displayed the ability to be extremely flexible in my environment, a quality they seek in applicants. I'll be starting the program I chose in August.