Guidance from the experienced please!!!

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I have a dilemma. I am hoping to apply to a crna program in about a year. I am currently a telemetry nurse, and as most of you know you need 1-2 yrs of crit care exp. before crna school. Here is the problem, I have been offered a position at a ccu, but the position is one hour away. The job that I currently have, which is about 20 min way, says that they may float me to the ICU as needed. This does not make me an ICU nurse, though. So, what would you all do? Take the CCU position that is far away, or stay where I am and wait to be possibly floated to the ICU? I have 2 children,and will be in school at a University for my bsn. Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you

yeah, it is near philly. I'm gonna be starting at Villanova this fall for my bsn, so there's still time to apply to crna school, so 6 mo and transfering to icu seems ok, and may actually be better with school starting. Thanks for the reply

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Just to clarify,

Nurse anesthesia programs require "critical care experience" which the program themselves define. Could be any of the ICU's, ER, PACU, etc. Someone stated that CCU experience wouldn't be as good. That's simply not true. Any unit that will get you experience with vents, lines, vasopressors, and the extras (IABP, CRRT, etc) will be just fine. I'm proof of that along with many others. I don't think any one unit is best. It's what you make of the experience that counts, regardless of what special letters define your unit.

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