Clarkson College

RaybzRN · Apr 14, 2023

Has anyone heard either way about the class starting in January 2024?

WyHunt · May 1, 2023

I got in! Thanks for the advice and help, it really was a quite personal interview, we did go over the resume and application info I had given them but most of the time it did seem like they were interviewing me as a person.

Thanks again!

Lexiw · Jun 7, 2024

Hello, I am a current student at Clarkson in the BSN program. I was curious how well NICU experience sits. It seems a lot of people are adult ICU and am curious if being a NICU nurse looks good or if some type of adult ICU is better.

emb92250 · Jul 10, 2024

Hi!
Some CRNA programs don't count ED or NICU as critical care experience due to the fact you're not titrating drips or monitoring a variety of comorbidities (ie heart failure or respiratory failure). For example, have you ever seen ST elevation, pulmonary edema, felt with unstable new onset cardiac arrhythmia, etc. and known how to handle it? Probably not on NICU. I would say Cardiovascular ICU is the best experience. Other than that Med ICU or surgical ICU are good too. NICU has a reputation for mostly growing babies, and that's not critical care at all. Even if they are NICU status.