title: Recognising your fears is the first step to overcoming them.
abstract: In my second year of nurse training, I had a placement on a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and special care baby unit. Although I was expecting this placement, as it approached I began to feel apprehensive. This is because I had been to the NICU before.
authors.affiliation: Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland.
authors.forename: Phillipa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kirwan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D013338:Students, Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom