Is it possible to become a neonatal nurse as well as a pediatric nurse?

Do you have to become a RN before a neonatal nurse?

• is it required that you have a degree as a RN before you can become a neonatal nurse? or is it possible to just be a certified neonatal nurse???

• Answer:

  Yup :] As stated in the first website: "The first step in becoming a neonatal nurse is becoming an RN...Nurse practitioner programs require a BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) degree for admittance, so obtaining a bachelor's degree in nursing is probably the best route to becoming a neonatal nurse." And the same is said in the second website: "A neonatal nurse must be a registered nurse (RN) with a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree (BSN)." Do note that there are 3 levels of neonatal nurses (if you do not know that already :]); thus, the demand is different for each. As in the second website (and similarly said in the first website): "Level I care for healthy infants. The demand for this level of neonatal nursing is decreasing because mothers and newborn babies are now more likely to stay in the same room together after birth. Level II nurses are much more in demand because premature and sick babies need constant attention. Level III nurses have the most intensive responsibilities, working in the NICU and monitoring seriously ill or premature infants around the clock. They check ventilators and incubators, make sure babies are responding well, and teach parents how to care for their infants properly" I say this cuz i believe there might surely be more levels of training to become a Level II or Level III neonatal nurse. I hope this helped <3