U of U Nurse Intership: Critical Care

[CRNAspire]

I am applying to this program from Az. Any pros or cons? Anything? About nursing in Utah? U of U work environment?

Anything?

Thanks:coollook:

[jeaneous]

I had a friend who did that program for a couple of months. He didn't like any of the supervisors of the program and dropped out.

[jeaneous]

also, nursing in Utah=lower pay

[MagsMom]

I have heard great things about the program - the downsides are that it is 22 months and you have to work for some time after the internship is over

[MagsMom]

here is a link for their blog -

http://criticalcarenurseinternship.blogspot.com/

[goodgrief]

my ICU professor who works at the U of U hospital in their ER says that CRNA programs really like Utah Nurses, especially from the U of U. Also, a benefit to the critical care new grad residency at the U of U is that you get the opportunity to rotate through all of their ICU's, including their burn/trauma. The only downside is that you have to sign a 2 year contract, which may or may not be good, depending on how long you want to wait to go to CRNA school, and I'm assuming you do from your username.

[nurseman78, BSN, RN, NP]

The nice thing is, you need at least 1-2 years experience to get into most CRNA programs anyway, so a 2-year contract isn't really a problem in that case.

[nurseman78, BSN, RN, NP]

Very smart advice. I've heard that's a good way to go when applying for any ICU program/internship/position.