RN; Registered Nurse

Labor and Delivery/Postpartum Nurse

Unit Notes:
Unit L&D/PP - L&D Beds: 7 beds
- Triage Beds: 4 triage beds, 2 overflow beds
- Postpartum Beds: 27 beds with a 5 bed nursery
- Births Per Day: 3 - Births Per Year: 1545
- Certifications:

ACLS, BLS, NRP, Fetal monitoring (AWOHNN - intermediate or advanced), Stable preferred
- Ratios:
Follow AWOHNN guidelines - FHM System:
Fetal Link - EMR:
Cerner
- Charge Nurse:
Yes
- Shift Manager or Charge Nurse for L&D and PP units, each has a resource nurse for breaks
- Nurse Aides/OB Tech: OB techs
- Scrub Color:
Navy
- Tele:
Phillips
- Vents:
No - OB/Neonatologist In House:
Available and on call 24/7 with a 30 min response time - IV Team:
No - RT 24/7:
Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7:
Yes

- Shifts:

12 hr shifts - 7am-7:30pm, 7pm-7:30am - C-section Experience

Required:

Nurses are not required to have experience scrubbing c-sections but they have to be able to circulate (they have 2 c-section suites with recovery) - Floating: L&D will float to postpartum, postpartum will float to L&D, L&D nurses have to have PP experience, PP nurses do not necessarily have to have L&D, they will help out in NICU or in L&D with tasks in scope, L&D nurses will also have to float to NICU to take care of grower/feeders
- Floor Specific Orientation: 3 shifts
- Common Diagnosis/Types of Patients:
High risk deliveries, any gestational age, EMT drop offs, substance abuse - withdrawal, a lot of Spanish speaking, no prenatal care as well, if they are sick enough they will transfer out to UCLA or another facility
- Additional Notes:
Candidates must have 2-3 years of experience, at least one prior travel contract is preferred