Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Labor and Delivery
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Night
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Minimum 2 years
License: RN state licensed
Certifications: ACLS, AWHONN Intermediate, BLS, NRP
Must-Have:
1:1 patient ratio with labor patients
1:2 patient ratio with cytotec inductions
1:1 patient ratio with magnesium patients
1:3 patient ratio with couplet care
1:1 patient ratio if a baby goes to the sick nursery
Charting experience with EPIC required
Description:
This position requires night shifts from 19:00 to 07:30.
Call and float responsibilities are required.
Weekend coverage is every other weekend.
The medication system used is Omnicell.
This is a baby-friendly facility.
Registered nurses are cross-trained to labor and delivery, circulator roles, acute care nursery, and OB triage.
The unit also cares for patients undergoing GYN surgery.
Nurses will perform their own hearing screenings.
Staff will float to other units or campuses as needed, limited to areas where they have documented competencies.
Daily census typically includes 5 patients.
The unit has a total of 15 beds.
Interdisciplinary support includes physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and transportation.
Potential patient diagnoses include labor, preterm labor, preeclampsia, fetal demise, and hysterectomy.
Special equipment utilized includes Panda warmers and Giraffe incubators.
Compliance modules are required to be completed prior to starting.
Travelers cannot extend for a 4th consecutive contract without conversion to employee status.
Floating responsibilities will be enforced during assignments.
Shifts will include 1:1 ratios and are based on patient needs.