A NICU Nurse is a Registered Nurse (RN) who works in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and performs assessments, monitors, and cares for medically fragile neonates / newborns. In some cases, NICU nurses may care for medically complex infants up to 1 year of age. Like other critical care areas of nursing, this area is highly specialized, fast paced, and yes, stressful. Not to mention, this specialty is notoriously difficult to break into, but there are ways to become a prepared and competitiv

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“I wasn’t prepared to have a NICU baby.” The truth is even if something is found prenatally on ultrasound or via any blood work, it is still a hard thing to wrap your mind around, what it truly means to have a NICU baby. There is NO way to truly “prepare.” You may be told it’s possible. You may research andcresearch. But still families don’t know what it means for them emotionally, financially, mentally, physically - until they are in it. And who wants to scare every pregnant person with all the

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