OR to NICU?

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Hey everyone!

I have been a nurse for a little over two years now and since then I have worked as an operating room nurse. I initially really gravitated toward surgery out of school and dove right in, I am on my 2nd job in the OR and while I still am enjoying it, I feel like there is a lot more out there in nursing for me. I feel nursing is calling me to do something else at the moment and NICU comes to mind, being a nicu product myself, this was another area that caught my interest throughout school, I'm just curious if this is reasonable to jump specialties where I stand? Is the learning curve too steep? Is med surg work required before this switch ? Just looking for some answers or suggestions!

Thanks!

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Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.

It depends on what the NICUs around you want out of their nurses, experience-wise. It doesn't hurt to look. Good luck!

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Specializes in Pediatrics, NICU.

If you really want to work in the NICU, I think it's reasonable to go from the OR to the NICU. There will be a high learning curve, but I found it to be a large learning curve when I came from pediatric medsurg as well. I don't think I would recommend going from the OR to medsurg to the NICU unless the hospital itself required the experience.

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Specializes in NICU, telemetry.

I went from an adult telemetry floor to NICU. Definitely can be done, and I have loved it ever since!

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