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What's OP? So far I'm loving NICU!! I'm so grateful for the opportunity, and feel so honored to be taking care of the little babies. I still have so much to learn, and have a long way to go before being an independent nurse, but I look forward to learning. I actually love getting up to go to work! I'm glad I went with NICU :)

Of course! I will definitely let you know how things are going. I can't wait to start NICU next year. :) Thank you so much!

It sure does feel good to have all our hard work pay off! It's so amazing to have the opportunity to chose between two units in this job market. But it's also really difficult to pick one because they offer completely different things. Congratulations to you for your hard work! CVICU sounds super amazing!! :) And thank you so much for your advise. I decided to go with NICU! I keep changing my mind, but after all of the really helpful posts here, I realized that NICU is awesome and a challenge. I can always change units if I don't like it. I'm willing to take that leap into NICU! I no longer feel MEDSURG has be the beginning of my career. The beauty of nursing is that there's so many things you can do, and you always try different units down the line.

This gives me hope! Thank you so much :)

That was definitely a worry. Is there a good chance of getting another residency program with previous nursing experience? I thought those programs were for New Grads. This is something to take into consideration...

Thank you so much fellow nurses, for your input/advise. This has been really helpful in helping me decide which unit to accept. I thought MEDSURG was the obvious choice, but now I'm not sure. I do remember loving my NICU rotation during nursing school. I know I have the ability/strength to care for really sick little babies. As a new grad, I have been told by several nurses that NICU shouldn't be the beginning of my career, because if I later want to work with adults, then you are not trained into that unit because you have previous nursing experience. So that transition from babies to adults is really difficult. Clearly I'm still not sure. However, everyone's input has made it much easier for me to decide. It sounds like NICU is a once in a lifetime special opportunity VS MEDSURG where I can always get hired later. And it also sounds like I'd be a happy nurse VS a stressed out/burned out nurse. I would like to be a happy nurse! Thank you all again for your help! :)

Lennonninija, thank you. I've heard that MEDSURG is a great unit to start with, but that it can be very stressful and busy! I am ready for the challenge. And I'm not sure if I want to work with babies. However, I've been told that it is a great experience working in NICU. They are both completely different units!

excited 1, thank you :)

Thank you for replying! I guess I'm feeling very confused! And I want to be 100% sure with my decision.

Hi fellow nurses, I am a new grad, and was recently offered a position in MEDSURG and NICU. I'm having a really hard time deciding which one to accept. MEDSURG is a broad unit, which I feel would be a great start to my nursing career. And NICU is specialty unit, so I'm not sure if this is the best choice to go with initially. Please help! And thank you in advance :)