Does RN exp matter on resume when you start finding CRNA jobs out of school?

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  1. Which would look better on Resume?

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      Stay where I am right now and it would say I have 1.5 yrs at my current job before school?
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      Do what I want. Life is too short. As long as it's ICU, it still looks good on resume.

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Hi there,

I recently have accepted into CRNA school. So obviously my school is happy and thinks that my past ICU exp suffice. But I am wondering when I get out of school, would potential employers care more about my past experience as an RN anymore? The reason I am asking because I am miserable at my current FT job.

My background:

- GPA/BSN stats: Academically speaking, I look very good on paper so far.

-2013: 11 months of outpt Derm RN then ICU.

- 2014: 1 year of ICU in a super busy/ large teaching hospital for Coronary Care and Neuro ICU in big city. Then had to move back home to different state to support family in need.

- 2015 until now: 11 months in a general ICU. Magnet Status. But I hate it so much. This is the one I would like to quit ASAP.

- At the same time, I am doing per diem at a busy OpenHeart ICU to boost up my resume to school. And even though it's per diem, I got threw to all kind of pts because it's very high acuity. Impella, IABP, LVAD, Swans/Alines, CRRT are very common.

I want to keep my per diem job in the OpenHeart ICU and start doing travel nursing now for about 3-6 months before school. So I am still working in ICU regardless.

My main concern is: Does it look bad that I never stay in a place for more than a year? Regardless I have legitimate reasons to leave?

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