Application advice for APRN

I am a DNP/APRN who is strongly considering applying to a CRNA program in 2025. The two programs that I have in mind are RVU and RFU in Colorado, as that is where I am located and both of these programs accept NICU experience (which is the type of ICU experience I hold). I am concerned that I have been out of the ICU RN role for too long to be competitive in my application. Please advise what you think I may be able to do to help make my application more competitive. Thanks!

Clinical: I have been a nurse for 10 years. I have worked as an APRN/Certified Nurse Midwife for the past six years. Prior to that, I worked in the NICU for just under four years. My current role as a CNM has allowed me to work closely with CRNAs on the Labor and Delivery floor, as well as in the OR for scheduled and non-scheduled procedures as a first assist of obstetric and gynecological procedures. My experience as a CNM has involved co-managing acutely ill women requiring ICU admissions with my attending physicians as well. My only other adult ICU experience was obtained during my senior preceptorship of nursing school, I completed this in the CTICU of a level one trauma center.

Certifications: BLS, NRP, ACLS, PALS, AMCB

Shadowing: 40hrs completed with CRNA

LORs: DNP professor, current manager of APRN position, attending MD.

Volunteer: Ronald McDonald House- food/meal prep for families with hospitalized children (150hrs).

GPA: BSN 3.79 MSN 3.97 Post Masters Certificate-Nurse Midwifery 4.0 DNP 3.79