Can anyone tell me what kind of nurses is there? and what do they specialized in.?

I want to study to be a nurse but don't know yet what kind. I am leaning to be a Hospital nurse not in a doctor's office and I want to be a Nicu (neonatal intensive care unit) nurse but I don't know the specific title to it. Can someone help me out?

You will have to go to college- a 4 year one. You will take your Nursing Board Exam in the where you live. There are specialized nurses in every aspect- NICU, Labor/Delivery, Oncology, Intensive Care, Cardiac Care, Rehab, Trauma, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Open Heart Recovery, Surgical- there are other areas. You will have to learn how to work on a regular Med/Surg floor for a year or two before a unit will consider you. Depending on the hospital, you may have to take your particular training in your area of choice before they will let you work on their unit. You are asking about a NICU unit nurse- he/she will have taken extra classes on the premature infant, have learned both your adult and infant CPR. If you are just thinking about this now, choose a good nursing college, not just the closest one that you can find/get in to. You cannot get a nursing degree by 'mail', or computer. You can figure you have 4-5- years if you start this fall before you would be able to work on a unit. Any other questions?

You will figure it all out in school. What you think you want to do may change during clinical - you get to dabble and learn it all from pediatrics to surgery to the ER to geriatrics, to med surgical to labor/delivery and the nursery.

You can get an idea what you like there and go for it when you are going to graduate.

I was an IV nurse in a doctors office and then went on to psych nursing.. then became a mom.
I dabbled in Hospice care two years ago.. even though I do not currently practice it's always in my "heart" or day to day doings.

There are basically three types of nurses- LPN's, ADN's and RN's. Then there are other advance practice degrees. To become a nurse in a NICU I would suggest that you study for the RN or registered nurse. After you finish your education you need to seek employment in a NICU where you will start an orientation and learn that area. Licensed practical nurses and associate degree nurses have a much shorter time in school but are limited in what they can do. LPN's are extremely limited in that they cannot hang blood, give IV medications etc. ADN's or associate degree nurses are RN's and take the same boards as RN's but not having a 4 year college degree limits them in their ability to pursue a masters degree or work in administration at most hospitals and universities.

I do not know what state you are in and what the specific requirements are. After you go to nursing school and pass your boards you should work in the hospital. That is where you will get your experience. You should start on a med surg floor first, then you can start specializing in other areas, ie critical care, labor and delivery, rehab, psych, cardiac care, etc. In New York, once you have completed 2 years in a specialty you can take an exam to become certified in that specialty. There is so much to do with a nursing degree. I graduated a few years ago and now I teach home health care as well as doing home health care visits. My main occupation is as a school nurse in a high school.

I wish you alot of luck. Going back to school for nursing was the best decision I ever made next to having my kids.

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