New Nurse feeling lost and overwhelmed

[nt8788]

Hi everyone, 

I'm a new nurse with no work experience. I have always wanted to be a NICU nurse, it's why I went into nursing school. I started my first nursing job at a children's hospital about 3 weeks ago on a transitional unit for infants (they are not as sick, but it is a step-down unit for CCU and NICU) and although I learned so much, the fear and anxiety were consuming me because working with exclusively infants I felt powerless. Not being able to really interact with them and seeing them in pain and feeling like I couldn't do anything. I felt like I could hurt them because they are so fragile.  Due to this I just wanted to sob each and every day. I talked to my NM and supervisor, and they said it was okay I was feeling this way and I told them I would like a different unit. I am now getting help from a recruiter to transfer to another unit with Adolescents. Do you guys think it's awful for me to change my mind feeling this way? Not wanting to exclusively care for infants. I will definitely stick the next unit out. I know I will be very busy, and I'll learn a lot and it will be stressful because the career of a nurse is stressful, but I think I'll be a better fit with older kids.