Schedule: 3 x 12 hr. shifts per week on the Night Shift (7p - 7a) + rotating weekendsYour Experience Matters A diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a
Registered Nurse (RN) - Women's Services joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to
making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
More About Our Team Our Women's Services unit is a small, close-knit team that provides care across the full continuum of women's services, including Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, and Antepartum. The unit includes 4 triage beds, 3 Labor & Delivery recovery rooms, 10 Postpartum/Post-Operative rooms, and 2 Antepartum rooms. Because of the unit's size and scope, nurses have the opportunity to support patients through multiple stages of care while working within a collaborative, team-focused environment.
How You'll Contribute A
Registered Nurse (RN) - Women's Services who excels in this role:
- Communicates with multidisciplinary team members by sharing pertinent patient data and needs. Provides accurate and timely handoff communications. Keeps patients and their families informed about their care.
- Establishes individualized nursing diagnosis based on assessment data and formulates care plan. Collaborates with patient and family members to address care needs and provide patient centered care. Adjusts plan of care appropriately.
- Patient/family care needs and/or problems are promptly identified and addressed. Patients are regularly assessed and reassessed. Patient responses to nursing and MD interventions and treatments are evaluated and documented in the ongoing assessment data.
- Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, initiates discharge planning to meet the discharge care needs of each individual patient.
- Provides patient and family education in regard to the hospitalization/admission, medications, and/or in preparation for discharge. Upon discharge, provides appropriate discharge instructions to include follow-up and referral needs.
- Uses safe medication practices (Read Back, double checks) and documents outcomes such as patient response to new medication, side effects and adverse reactions. Completes medication reconciliation upon admission, transfer and discharge.
- Demonstrates ability to care for patient with Mag sulfate for preeclampsia/preterm labor care for patient with Pitocin Induction/augmentation care for the patient with a fetal demise. Care for the patient during labor and delivery. Care for a post-operative cesarean section. Care of a post-operative gynecology patientcare of a post-operative pediatric patientcare for the infant requiring oxygen. Care for the infant with IV/Antibiotics. Care for the infant requiring phototherapy. Evaluate non stress test. Assist physician with intrauterine pressure catheter insertion. Assist with and care for the infant with circumcision. Care for the preterm infant. Perform car seat test.
- Initiates and maintains amnio infusion.
- Demonstrates placement of NG tube/NG feeding.
- Assists with orientation and training of others as directed.
- Employee supervises others.
What We're Looking For- Current North Carolina State License or Compact License with North Carolina endorsement.
- A minimum of 1-3 years of Women's Services and Labor and Delivery experience required for PRN.
- Associate's Degree in Nursing Required, Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Preferred
Additional Requirements Include- Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Handle With Care
- PALS
- ACLS
- NRP
- Advanced Fetal Monitoring
- STABLE