There are two previous threads on this forum that I think sum this up pretty well. The first one asked people what they loved about NICU:
http://allnurses.com/forums/f33/poll...cu-101076.html
The second one asked why people might leave the NICU. For the other side of the story:
http://allnurses.com/forums/f33/what...cu-128162.html
Hope this helps!