Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse

Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse #26-33284

$3,432/week Eureka, CA

RN-Registered Nurse // Labor and Delivery $1,512 weekly stipends $40/hour $1,920 weekly base pay Onsite Contract Starts 10/26/ weeks

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Job Description

Day Shift 12 hours/day 4 days/week

Job Description
Post partum preferred

Start date:

ASAP
First Time Traveler:
Yes
Weekend Requirement:
Yes, to meet staffing needs
Ratios: n/a
Visits/Day: 20
Rooms/Beds: 11/15
Avg. Daily Census: 15-20
Years of experience: 1 yr
Float: yes. to meet facility needs, travelers are first to float within their scope
CA state license: yes
Pending License accepted: no
RTO Restrictions:
No more than 7 days
Hospital Highlights
Type of Facility:
We do care for high-risk OB, culturally diverse population. RNs circulate on cesarean sections.

• Previous Charge
  
  Experience:
  
  -
• Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  1 year(s)
• Patient Ratio
  
  Experience:
  
  1:1-3
• Charting System:
  Required, Epic
• Teaching Hospital
  
  Experience:
  
  -
• Community Hospital
  
  Experience:
  
  -
• LTAC
  
  Experience:
  
  -
• Trauma Level I
  
  Experience:
  
  -
• Trauma Level II
  
  Experience:
  
  -
• Travel Experience
  
  Required:
  
  No
• Certfications:
  
  Certs marked with
  * are preferred
  ACLS, AWHONN Intermediate, BLS, 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

  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
  Sterile vaginal exam

  Work Settings

  Antepartum
  Facility births/month > 300
  * High Risk Antepartum
  * Labor & Delivery
  LDRP
  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
  * /Security Banding
  Radiant Warmers/Thermoregulation

  Antepartum Care and Procedures

  Assist with amniocentesis
  * 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)

  Newborn Care

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

  Postpartum Care and Procedures

  Baby friendly protocols
  * Breastfeeding Support/lactation support
  Foley catheter insertion/management
  Fundus / lochia / perineum care
  Wound assessment/care

  Surgical Case/Procedures

  Cervical Cerclage
  * D & C
  * Postpartum Care of the Patient with
  Cesarean Section
  Couplet Care
  Multiple Births
  Postpartum Hemorrhage
  Pregnancy induced hypertension
  Vaginal Delivery

  Pain Management

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

  Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency Care

  Interpretation of dysrhythmias
  *

  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

  See Text Box for additional requirements