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Summary: A Career As A NICU Nurse
There are several jobs in the medical world that seem impossibly emotionally and physically demanding. Surgeons stand for countless hours in surgery, nurses cater to several patients at once, and administration counts numbers every day and deals with testy families and bills. Yet, it takes a special person to work with such tiny patients in a NICU. Even though the job seems impossible, many NICU nurses believe in their career and continue to change lives every day. As Klinger, (2013) from Lehigh Valley Magazine says, “For every tragedy in the NICU, there are also many triumphs."

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