Interventional Radiology considered critical care experience?

CCRN_CSC_0710 · Dec 19, 2016

I don't think this counts. PACU only sometimes counts. Contact the schools you are interested in. My school would not consider this ICU.

PaSSiNGaS, MSN · Dec 19, 2016

No its not the same at all and will not count

Bluebolt · Dec 21, 2016

In my experience, that would not count as critical care.

allnurses Guide · Dec 21, 2016

It is ultimately up to each individual NA program to decide how they will define critical care experience.

Dodongo, APRN, NP · Dec 30, 2016

For the CCRN exam it counts. For CRNA or ACNP schools it doesn't. My ACNP program didn't count my IR experience - they only looked at my ICU experience. The local CRNA programs are the same. You need bedside ICU experience. Vents, invasive monitoring, vasoactive drips, and super sick patients. Yes, we do this in IR. But not full-time.

allnurses Guide · Dec 30, 2016

For the CCRN exam it counts. For CRNA or ACNP schools it doesn't. My ACNP program didn't count my IR experience - they only looked at my ICU experience. The local CRNA programs are the same. You need bedside ICU experience. Vents, invasive monitoring, vasoactive drips, and super sick patients. Yes, we do this in IR. But not full-time.

I doubt most NA schools would accept it, but it is up to each individual NA school to define critical care experience and some of the larger NA schools have been known to bend the definition to fill all their available spots.

BHRN85 · Dec 30, 2016

Check the schools you are interested in. A lot will say on right on their website what they accept. If they don't have it on the website just email them. I have been researching a lot of schools and have noticed some variation in what is acceptable for experience. Most schools will not accept IR or PACU experience as critical care but there are some that may.

jj224 · Dec 31, 2016

No. ICU. Very few accept ER or PACU. Never heard of IR.