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My advice is to work really hard at nursing school, especially in your Mother/Baby and Peds classes. That way you'll have a great GPA to go with you enthusiastic personality and can wow the NICU staff at your interview. I think it is also helpful ...

During our first year of training, we rotate 2 months on days and 2 months on nights, but that is just so that the new nurse can see the entire picture of care that takes place 24 hours a day. That way they are prepared to work either days or nights...

Well, my first day in the NICU at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany (South GA) is on Monday. I can't speak from experience yet, but I have heard MANY wonderful things about that Unit. They are a level III NICU, and many of their nurses told...

What about Georgia? There are several great facilities here.

First, I want to tell you how great this forum is. :redbeathe I love it! I have been reading it through my entire ADN program and I will graduate next week! I have learned so many valuable things. Thank you! I will begin my very first RN job in ...

Good luck and thank you!

I posted the same thread on the NICU specialty page. I have been reading many of these threads over the last 2 years of my nursing school education. They have been enormously helpful. I rarely post anything because I can usually find the answer to my...

Well... in my opinion, the purpose is to test you on the cumulative information that you have retained in your years in nursing school. Sort of like a pre-NCLEX, or to know if you have retained enough to meet the minimum requirements to be a safe nu...

Thanks Steve.... I reading the website. Very helpful.

Congrats on passing your NCLEX!!!:anpom:

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

Karen from Thomasville, GA! I am about to start my first RN job in Albany, GA. Whoo-hoo!

Ditto here Max! I graduate in 2 weeks and I start in a NICU about an hour away and I am thrilled. I plan to get NRP certified pretty quickly because my unit requires that by 6 months of hire. I am not sure what STABLE is but I will research it. I...

I have been reading many of these threads over the last 2 years of my nursing school education. They have been enormously helpful. I rarely post anything because I can usually find the answer to my questions in another thread somewhere. This ques...

I made my decision. NICU!!!!! I am so excited. I have over $250 of neonatal nursing books in my Amazon cart right now... maybe I will get some for graduation. I am thrilled and scared. I love dreaming about the future. I can't wait to start! I ...

Thanks Allison. I haven't certainly thought about the potential to educate about the advantages of breastfeeding. Thanks for you thoughts! I think I am going to take the NICU position.

Thanks for your advice. I have shadowed in the NICU and I am planning on shadowing in the OR this week.

Thanks for your advice. You made a really great point with the team reference. A great team is very important to me.

Thanks for all these great replies. I feel like I am probably leaning towards NICU although my friends and instructor think OR is better. Strange. I am extremely detail oriented - and I like things to be done right. I think that is where they ar...

Thanks Linda! The lifting and back thing are definitely on my pro/con list. Thanks for your help.

I am in my 3rd quarter of nursing school. We are currently learning Mental Health Nursing. It has been rough but I keep telling myself that I graduate in December! Only 11 months to go! It is very encouraging to read your posts!

Hello all! My name is Karen. I am 27, and I live in South Georgia with my wonderful husband and our beautiful 14 month old son. I am in my second quarter my ADN program. So far I love it, but it is REALLY stressful. I have already learned so much fr...

Hello all! I have spent a little time this morning reading through some really great posts, you guys and gals are awesome. I am starting my first quarter of my ADN program next week! I am very excited and pretty scared. I get so many questions from ...