Scaffidi87

Would you advise to try going some where a little closer to home first? So if maybe I have a couple off in a row and I'm home sick I could just drive home lol I don't live alone...but I did at one point I live with my parents...I really like living alone but I would be nice to have friends nearby to socialize lol

However I know a NICU nurse that travelled to a surgery center and was taking car of level iv infants the day after her orientation lol

Thank you :)

Hi I'm 26 years old and I'm a NICU nurse. Been working in a level II/III NICU for the last 2.5 years. I say II/III because looking at the criteria for leveling a NICU, our NICU is in between. We can take babies as low was 24 weeks but we don't do surgery or ECMO. We do have a Neo in house 24/7 and we used high frequency ventilators and have pretty sick kids, but when we need to we transfer babies out to higher levels of care....anyway just giving you the background of my NICU Experience... I've been a nurse total for 4 years and I am looking into travel nursing, but I'm not sure if it's for me...can anyone give me any advice? My mother of course is convinced that I won't like it and then I'll be crying and calling her that I'm homesick..or that I'll be stranded in some hell hole and stuck for three months lol my personality says whatever I'll deal for 3 months and I'll make the best of it but she's being the devils advocate and trying to make me stay...any advice or comment will be extremely helpful thanks :) Jackie