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Hmm, I'll definitely look into some RN to BSN programs in Texas! I didn't know that Texas was more open to taking on new grads and had those type of programs, so thanks for that. And yes, it is exciting! It's kind of scary to think about how much medicine will change in the future, but I'll be happy to witness it all. Thanks for replying (:

thank you for all of your answers. now i can relax a little and not obsessively research! oh, and i couldn't reply to your message because i don't have the ability to send private messages yet (i have to have 15 posts i believe). if you don't mind, i'll just answer here! no, my mom didn't work specifically in the nicu when she worked there. she was in the xray/ct department. she told me that she did x-rays in the nicu all the time, though!

Clinicals seem scary. According to my aunt, who is doing clinicals to be a surgical technician, it's tough. I'll just read as many threads on here as possible for tips!

I'm not sure about the adult smell, but I know with the baby poop smell it took me some time to get used to. I'm still in Nursing school, but I've babysat plenty of babies and I mostly had to hold my breath in the beginning when changing diapers. Eventually I just didn't notice the smell anymore, but once I graduate and begin working, I'll definitely try that Vicks trick!

Well they also have other themed scrubs, such as tinkerbell and Child Disney movies xD If the scrubs were comfortable, I would wear Grey's Anatomy scrubs even though I have never seen that show in my life!

I'm just starting nursing school, but now that I'm in I'm really nervous and scared. I just fear that once I start the Nursing courses, I'm going to have a hard time remembering everything we're supposed to know. I have a huge fear of failure and I don't want to let myself, or my parents, down. Is there any advice anyone has to . . . maybe relax or some tips when it comes to retaining information?

Finding a job is difficult, but it sounds like this latest interview looks good! I wish you the best of luck and all I can say is to have faith and don't give up!

I'm just a nursing student, but this thread brought up memories >.> My mom used to work at Methodist Dallas about 3-4 years ago when I was in middle school! I'm going to look at that March of Dimes website just for the heck of it, though. I'll be moving back to Texas as soon as I graduate (:

Hello all! I'm 17 years old and I was just accepted into a nursing program. I'm doing Nursing because I want to work in the NICU really badly, but trying to figure out where to start and how to go about getting a job in the NICU is a little overwhelming. I'm just not sure where to search and I've been getting largely different answers from different websites. Some places said I'd need to have three years experience in being an RN before going into an NICU, others say you can get into an ICU from graduation. I'm just so confused! So I figured it would probably do me well to just ask the people that have the experience with Neonatal, rather than trusting somebody who just wrote an article or a payscale website with tiny descriptions. Here's a few questions that I was wanting answered the most. 1. Is an ADN good enough to work for NICU? Or should I go for a Bachelor's Degree? I could do either, though I'm currently in an ADN program. I'm 17 years old, I can definitely do a Bachelor's online at some point! 2. What's the difference between a Neonatal Nurse and a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner? I can't seem to find a specific distinction with the power of Google. 3. With no experience with working in a hospital, what's the best way to land a NICU position? Are there internships available, and how easy or difficult is it to shadow someone while in school? 4. Uhm . . . in general I was just looking for some advice when starting out as well. I sometimes get discouraged and don't want to completely give up if it takes me some time to find a job in the NICU. If I can't find one, should I find a regular nursing job until I can manage to move into the NICU? At this moment this is all I can think of. I hope that none of the questions I asked sounded stupid, and I will now resume an assignment and try not to refresh the page a million times xD