Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse - Contract

Use of IUPC (Intrauterine pressure catheter) placement and calibration Additional Skills. Assist with sterile speculum exam (effacement, dilation, station, presentation).

Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse
Torrance CA
Shift:  Day (3x12 Hours) 7:00 19:30

Start date: ASAP
Years of experience REQ: 3
First-timers accepted: Yes
Weekend REQ: Depends on length of contract
Certs REQ: ACLS, *AWHONN Advanced*, BCLS, NRP
Is on-call REQ?: No
Will this traveler need to float between like units? Yes, to mother baby
Open to accommodating block schedule? Per manager discretion
Locals accepted: Yes
Pending License accepted: No
RTO Restrictions: RTO must be included at time of submission
Guaranteed Hours: facility is able to call off once per two week pay period

Hospital Highlights
***MAY BE REQUIRED TO FLOAT TO PROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY MEDICAL CENTER SAN PEDRO***
Type of Facility: Acute Care Hospital
Total Staffed Beds: 356
Scrub Color: Any Color!
Charting: Epic
Parking Cost: Free Parking!

Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Previous Charge Experience:
  Preferred
• Years of Experience:
  3 year(s)
• Patient Ratio Experience:
  1:2
• Charting System:
  Required, Epic
• Teaching Hospital Experience:
  -
• Community Hospital Experience:
  -
• LTAC Experience:
  Required
• Trauma Level I Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level II Experience:
  -
• Travel Experience Required:
  Yes
  Note: X2 days floor orientation.
• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred
  ACLS, AWHONN Advanced, BLS, C-EFM *will take in lieu of Advanced AWHONN , NRP
• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  IV therapy/Phlebotomy

  Administration of blood & blood products
  Drawing Venous Blood
  Maintain central lines (CVC / PICC)
  Starting and maintaining IVs
  Use of infusion pumps / drips / IV monitoring

  Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency Care

  Adult cardiac arrest
  Infant / neonatal arrest
  Interpretation of dysrhythmias*

  Labor and Delivery Management

  Amnioinfusion
  Assist with high risk delivery
  Assist with vaginal delivery
  Circulate for C-section
  Forceps/vacuum extraction
  Hemorrhage/shock
  Recover C-Section
  Scrub for C-Section
  Sterile vaginal exam

  Work Settings

  Antepartum
  Community Level experience
  Facility births/month 200-300
  High Risk Antepartum
  Labor & Delivery
  LDRP
  Level I Nursery
  Low risk
  Mother/Baby

  Medication & Administration

  Anticoagulation therapy
  Antihypertensives
  Antiseizure
  Insulin drips
  Magnesium Sulfate therapy
  Pitocin (oxytocin)
  Prostaglandins
  Terbutaline

  Neonatal Care in Delivery Room

  APGAR scores
  Baby Nurse ( "Baby Catcher”)
  Collect cord samples
  ID/Security Banding
  Neonatal Resuscitation
  Radiant Warmers/Thermoregulation

  Newborn Care

  Assist with Circumcision/Assess site post-op*
  Cord Care
  Discharge teaching to parents
  Infant Identification
  Metabolic Screen
  Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
  Newborn Assessment
  Newborn hypoglycemia
  Phototherapy
  Teach Circumcision care to parents
  Thermoregulation

  Antepartum Care and Procedures

  Assist with sterile speculum exam (effacement, dilation, station, presentation)
  NST (Non Stress Tests)
  OCT (Oxytocin Challenge Tests)
  Reflex checks / edema assessment / clonus
  Sterile vaginal exam
  Triage of obstetrical patients*
  Use of EFM (External Fetal Heart Monitoring)

  Care of Patient With

  Asthma
  Cardiac disease
  COVID
  Diabetes mellitus
  HELLP Syndrome
  HIV
  Infectious disease
  Malpresentations (breech / face / brow)
  Multiple Gestation
  Neurological disease
  Placenta Previa/Abruptio
  Pre-eclampsia / eclampsia
  Premature Rupture of Membranes
  Preterm labor
  RH incompatibilities
  Seizure disorder
  Substance Abuse
  Uterine rupture
  VBAC management / trial of labor

  Postpartum Care and Procedures

  Baby friendly protocols
  Breastfeeding Support/lactation support
  Foley catheter insertion/management
  Fundus / lochia / perineum care
  Use of Electric/Manual breast pump
  Wound assessment/care

  Postpartum Care of the Patient with

  Bladder Distension
  Cesarean Section
  Couplet Care
  Multiple Births
  Postpartum Hemorrhage
  Pregnancy induced hypertension
  Vaginal Delivery

  Surgical Case/Procedures

  Cervical Cerclage
  D & C
  Tubal Ligation

  Pain Management

  Epidural Anesthesia
  General Anesthesia
  IV conscious sedation*
  Nitrous Oxide*
  Opioids
  Pain assessment & management
  Use of PCA (IV)

  Professional Topics and Skills

  Isolation Precautions/PPE
  Vaccine Administration

  Fetal Monitoring

  Recognition and Treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
  Spiral Electrode Placement
  Use of External Fetal Monitoring
  Use of Internal Fetal Monitoring
  Use of IUPC (Intrauterine pressure catheter) placement and calibration

  Additional Skills

  Preceptor skills, See Text Box for addl req
  Epic Hardstop

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