emmirn23

Hello! Not sure if this is how we do things on this website, first time posting here too! I'm a relatively new RN, less than 1 year of experience and have been working in postpartum. I'll be hitting my one year anniversary at the end of this year. I'm kind of torn. I'm not totally in love with the hospital I work at, but I do enjoy working in mother baby. I chose, partly because they were my first job to accept me, but I did really want to work in postpartum. I wanted to do this before NICU because I had no experience with babies besides my preceptorship my semester of nursing school. I never gave birth, so I thought it would be important to be confident about that before I decide i want to NICU. Well now I'm sort of lost, and i really want to do NICU, but no one seems to hire without any NICU experience. I've been applying to RN new grad programs, but have not been accepted. I'm worried that after i reach a year, I won't be considered a "new grad" and won't be eligible for these programs, and I won't be able to apply to NICUs because i don't have any experience. I've tried to cross train internally, but was shot down my managers about it. i'm just not sure what i should actually do. i'm still new and i have lots of time, so i guess i don't mind working at my current hospital for some time, but i keep thinking like maybe i'll never get to work in the NICU. this is sort of a vent, but sort of need advice post? lol thanks for listening if you read this!