Charmedone619

I am a prospective nursing student and I was looking at the different specialties of nurses and NICU immediately hit me as an area I would love to go into. I was wondering if there is a certain degree needed to be a NICU nurse. If I did go into nursing I would be getting a BSN, would that be enough? Also, is NICU a competitive area to be in? Thanks for any information.

Thank you for your advice. I am pretty sure that I am going to do it. I look at it this way: if I go for it and love it, I will be in a really great job. If I go for it and dont like it, at least I can say I tried.

I am a freshman in college and almost a month into classes I realized that I am unhappy with the major I am in. Something kept telling me that I should switch to nursing and I have talked with someone about doing this. It will be very difficult since I spent the first semester taking classes for another major. I am trying to figure out if switching is worth it. I believe that I would be a good nurse and be able to connect with patients. I am good at science and definitely think that I could handle the academics of nursing. My major "sticking point" (no pun intended) is the needles aspect of nursing, specifically IVs. I think that I could get over this fear easily with practice. I dont want to jump into this decision and discover that it was the wrong choice. I am sorry that my post is long, but this has been a difficult choice for me and I was hoping that I could get advice from other students who may be in or have gone through the same situation that I am in.