ICU Experience Required for CRNA School

[nurseL]

Hi

I had a question regarding the ICU experience required for CRNA programs. I wanted to find out if the CRNA programs would consider post ICU patient experience. The kind of facility that takes care of critically ill patients that require long term care . A lot are vented or trached. Do they consider this ICU experience when considering your application?

[ThePrincessBride, MSN, RN, NP]

On 7/30/2020 at 11:23 AM, brookalyn said:

They are looking for critical-care experience such as Cardiovascular ICU, Medical ICU, Surgical ICU, Trauma ICU, Neuro ICU, etc. Some take Neonatal ICU, Pediatric ICU, Cath lab, ER, or flight experience. I have not heard of a school accepting long term acute care experience.

Neonatal would be poor preparation for CRNA school and some schools don't count cath Lab or ER experience.

[brookalyn, BSN, RN]

14 minutes ago, ThePrincessBride said:

Neonatal would be poor preparation for CRNA school and some schools don't count cath Lab or ER experience.

I’d have to disagree, schools accept neonatal because they believe those applicants are up for the task. I would assume there is a learning curve on the adult patients though. No, not every school accepts ER/Cath lab, but that’s why I said some do ?

[nurseL]

Thank you everybody for the advice! I will use it wisely!