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Here's another piece of advice for you new nurses you won't feel comfortable in any specialty until you have about 2 years of experience I have 5 years and I still don't feel 100% I learn something new each and every day so just relax and learn as much as you can and always always above all else be the voice of your patient, don't be afraid to question the doctor sometimes they too can make a mistake. All the best in your nursing careers

It is absolutely a good idea to contact the NM. You have to be aggressive in this field and persistent. If not you'll be just another resume/application. You dont have to wait for a position to open up, sometimes they dont always post them í ½í¸‰

We also use a posey, but its on the baby's ankle, and it has an extention on it so it can stick out through the opening at the front of isolette so we dont disturb the baby

Hello well youll be pleased to know that I worked as a tele/med surg nurse for 2.5 years before I became a NICU nurse (i do level 3). I wouldnt change a thing!! You get SO MUCH experience being a floor nurse, your going to have a huge advantage and more confidence than any new grad. My first month in the Nicu, one of the dad's had a grand mal seizure on our unit, and all the nicu nurses panicked! Here I come the "newbie" slapped an iv in the guys arm and started him on some iv fluids. Couldnt have done that without all the "code" experience I got on the floors. So your in the right place! The way I got in nicu was through someone I know who put in a word for me once I submitted my application. Find out who the nurse manager is and call or email them. I would do NRP, that way you can stand out on your resume, if they ask you why you did med surg first just say you wanted a "well rounded background" and you wanted to learn good "time management" Good Luck on your journey!

Hello there! Welcome to the beautiful world of the NICU, you are going to love it!! Im a nurse of 5 years, 2 of which was adults/tele/medsurg (eww) , and 3 in the NIcU, and I absolutely love my babies. Just relax, breathe, do what you know, be a safe nurse, double and triple check all your meds, iv's, and breastmilk. Dont be afraid to call your charge nurse memorize their number theyre your resource if you are stuck in a bind. Like someone here said, experienced nicu nurses hate it when newbies act cocky and is that "knowitall" youll go alot farther and be happier if you allow people to help you. I always get in report "that family is intense" and once i meet the family they are so sweet and I fall in love with them. So dont get carried away with all the blah blah blah of the unit. But Welcome to the Nicu where miracles happen everyday, im confident your gonna love it!!!

Yea i agree find another nursing job, especially now that you have experience, youll get hired in a second, dont do anything extra Then your job description, they will take advantage of you, thats crazy

It means you passed congrats!

To those attending Broward College Central: As an alumni of bcc cebtral RN program, It is a gruesome program, its heartbreaking to see people fail. But ive seen those people bounce back ( i included) and are now RN's and look back and are so proud to say we graduated from BC, the hardest nursing school on the planet. 1. If you can take Pharmacology, and that nursing math course before starting the program, its better for you, if not your first semester will be 4 classes. Process 1, lab, pharmacology, and math calculations ( which happened to me but luckily i took the easy pharm teacher who was a human being and didnt make his exams so hard) 2. Process 1 i remember reading 12 chapters for the first exam, and we only had 2 weeks to read it, you have to self teach ( i wish i would have done the online RN class you were at home reading more) and each test you pass by the skin of your teeth but you just gotta keep moving forward. For lab just study, pay attention, and dont complain, be late, or be a smart as*. 3. Process 2, you will notice MANY people will be gone, but you will feel like youve got the groove of things. Your focus will be fluid and electrolytes and you start learning a little about physiology, medications, its more relative, things youve seen in A&p but apply it to caring for the patient as a nurse. 4. If you get passed those 2 semesters, great!! Youve done it! You passed the worst part of the program. 5. Gigu is next then you get to pick which of these you want next ob, peds, psych ( this is the order i did it in) ob is not bad, peds wasnt hard for me just alot of memorizing vaccines, different child diseases and treatment, developmental stages. Psych is a whole other animal. The clinicals are soooo interesting, but lecture is hard to grasp, just read that chapter 2-3 times lol 6. Ortho/neuro my fav but because I had a phenomenal professor. Know the brain its functions, and how you care for those patients, the first sign, last sign, what you can and cannot do. What does it mean when the csf is void of sugar? A hah the bacteria ate it so bacterial meningitis, still stays with me till this day lol 7. Cardiology is brutal, because of EKG's if you can take an ekg course before this class i would recommend it. You can even just go on the internet or get the hogan book. Because the professor doesnt baby you they fly through it snd you either get it or you dont. Trends is your last stop. Congrats your a superstar, class is easy. Group projects, a resume and graduation!! Not to scare you, but we only graduated 32 from all 3 campuses including the online class. So the rumors are true, but if you buckle down and get serious, anything is doable!!

If you dont ask the answer will always be no"

WOW I dont think I know any nurse on either Tele or MEd/Surg that doesnt feel like this. I felt the same way, I wanted to pursue something else another career altogether. I was a Telemetry/Med Surg nurse for 2 years, and I hated every minute, I would get anxiety just to go to work, and pushed to 7 HEAVY patients every shift. THEN I GOT A GOD SENT! I applied to the NICU, because it was something I always wanted to do, and I can say 2 months into it, I have found my place. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE babies and I have job satisfaction every day. No ungrateful patients, no falls, no incident reports every minute, just smoothe sailing. The job is out there for you, you just need to find something you like. and go for it.

The only degree you can have to reduce the time of the ADN is if you were an LPN. But even then you only get to skip the first semester and have less clinicals ( lpn's do clinicals in their program and the RN program recognizes that time), thats really it, so its really not worth the time since it takes 18-24 months to be an LPN and super hard to get a job because LPN's are restricted in what they can do. Become a CNA get the experience, get A's in your core classes for the RN program and you should be good.

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Apply everywhere, then follow up by calling the Nursing recruiter after a couple of days. With so many applicants, you want to put a voice to your resume. New grad jobs are hard to get, but theyre out there you just have to be aggressive. Good luck!