Unit Notes
Prescreen and then manager will review/interview (all travelers need to do prescreen and profile review)
**** PLEASE READ: Travelers are required to pass a dysrhythmia exam prior to accepting an offer (with 2 max attempts). They must pass with a score of 80% and if they fail, they will be a DNU for Commonspirit AZ and Commonspirit Sacramento, for 6 months. Please ensure your traveler is aware and comfortable with dysrhthmia prior to submitting.
Travelers will take a pass/fail Sim lab on day 1 of orientation. Study guides will be provided with FDI's.
**MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH C-SECTIONS AND MUST HAVE COMPUTER CHARTING EXPERIENCE, PREFERABLY CERNER**
Unit: Labor and Delivery
# beds: 18 LDRP s, 14 bed OB triage, 8 bed Antepartum
Average deliveries: 8-10/day; 322-344/month; 3863/year
# OR suites on the unit for C-sections: 2 fully equipped ORs
Certs: ACLS, BLS and NRP
Ratios: Unit attempts to follow AWHONN guidelines & ratios and are staffing up to meet the AWHONN standards, but at this time it is not everyday. But assignments are safe. Nurse to pt ratios are mostly 2:1 depending on acuity, AntePartum can be 4:1, c-sections 1:1
EMR: Cerner
EFM System: Fetal LInk
Charge Nurse: I have 13 charge nurses
Nurse Aides: No
Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts per schedule
Call or standby required?: No, it is voluntary
Holidays: Would love coverage on Holiday s if you require it
Scrub Color: Blue
Tele: No
Vents: No
Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: OB Hospitalist in house
IV Team: Yes if needed
RT 24/7: Yes
Anesthesia in house 24/7?: Yes
RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc): Yes, RT covers this
Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
Shifts: Nights 1900-0700
Floating: to MB/PP when needed
Floor specific orientation: 1 week
Required to titrate drips? Yes, they will titrate Pitocin as per the protocol and Magnesium Sulfate as per the protocol
Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Laboring or preterm pregnant patients
Additional Notes: We are a level II EQ so we take gestations 28 weeks and greater. We are also a Level 1 Trauma Center. Travelers must be able to confidently circulate and recover c-sections. Scrub is not necessary. Patients are transferred to PP after delivery.