RN - L&D
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: STABLE
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 3x12 Night Shift
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Two (2) years of current experience required
License: State Nursing License or Compact State Nursing License
Certifications:
- NRP
- AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certifications
- S.T.A.B.L.E. Certification
- BLS Certification
Must-Have:
- OBSTETRIC TRIAGE ACUITY TOOLS
- LABOR ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION
- FETAL EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT
- POSTPARTUM AND NEWBORN CARE
- NEWBORN STABILIZATION
Description:
Floating between departments and locations within 20 miles is required.
Assess all triage patients 20 weeks and older.
Utilize obstetric triage acuity tools.
Conduct labor assessment and evaluation.
Perform fetal evaluation and assessment.
Evaluate for labor at term, signs of preterm labor, signs and symptoms of preeclampsia, rupture of membranes, decreased fetal movement, preterm premature rupture of membranes, vaginal bleeding, and acute and critical conditions.
If emergency medical conditions are identified, stabilize the patient for delivery or transfer to a higher level of care if necessary.
Provide labor assessment, evaluation, and care.
Prepare expectant mothers for safe delivery.
Administer medications including but not limited to Pitocin, misoprostol, methergine, hemabate, magnesium sulfate, terbutaline, labetalol, nifedipine, hydralazine, and insulin.
Stabilize newborns immediately after delivery.
Administer medications to newborns.
Prepare for scheduled or emergency cesarean deliveries.
Assess and care for postpartum patients and newborns, including vaginal and cesarean deliveries.
Perform various newborn care tasks, including hearing screenings, laboratory draws, IV starts, medication administration (hep B, vitamin K, erythromycin, antibiotics), assisting with circumcisions, and care of opiate withdrawal newborns.
Stabilize critically ill newborns for transport and provide phototherapy and hypoglycemia care.
EPIC experience is preferred and can be trained on-site.
