Little Confused

[prettygirl1987]

I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH MORE SCHOOLING WOULD I NEED TO BECOME A NURSE IN THE NICU AFTER GRADUATING FROM RN WITH A BSN. HELP ANYONE WITH ANSWERS PLZ....THANX:confused:

[elizabells, BSN, RN]

None. Graduate school, take NCLEX, get job.

It's not always that easy, but those are the actual steps.

[AirforceRN, RN]

WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME?

Please turn your caps lock off, its difficult to read and conveys a yelling tone of voice. Thanks.

[NeoNurseTX, RN]

Just get a job in a NICU and they will train you there. There are certifications you'll need, but not before you start the job.

[kmommy876]

I just got hired in a Level III right out of my ADN program!

[dawnebeth]

I was hired in an ICN one and a half months after I graduated from a 2 year associates degree nursing program. The nursery trained me for three additional months--and for about a year, I still felt like a complete raw recruit. Any specialized knowledge like ECMO or transport is usually offered as a class every other year or so in our unit.

Dawnebeth

[nurselsteele]

I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH MORE SCHOOLING WOULD I NEED TO BECOME A NURSE IN THE NICU AFTER GRADUATING FROM RN WITH A BSN. HELP ANYONE WITH ANSWERS PLZ....THANX:confused:

I was a new grad & got hired in Peds/Maternity/PICU=

They sent me to all the classes that I needed to work there

You have to have different specialties to work in the unit but they trained me & assisted me with the education that i needed to make it..............

after 2 yrs of loving my jobs, big layoffs in 1996.........

But that lead me to my Current Job at the prison!!!