Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery - Nights

REGISTERED NURSE - LABOR & DELIVERY - NIGHTS

Full-Time

• Performs and documents basic admission, initial assessment at regular intervals per department procedures and guidelines and according to patient condition.
• Recognizes basic abnormal findings during ongoing assessment and seeks appropriate assistance.
• Identifies signs and symptoms of patients with similar diagnosis based on standards of care with assistance.
• Utilizes resources to identify, prioritize, and document patient problems, needs or diagnosis by analysis of subjective and objective data.
• Documents and implements plan of care based on assessment according to standards, assists with revision as needed.
• Communicates plan of care and desired outcomes to the patient, family, and other members for the care team.
• Recognizes the importance of cost containment in delivery of patient care.
• Implements physician orders in accordance with the nurse policies and Nurse Practice Act.
• Administers and documents medication and therapies according to established policy and procedure.
• Organizes time and workload on patient care priorities with assistance.

• Degree from an accredited School of Nursing required
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Preferred
• Additional preferred education: acute care perinatal nursing.

• Three years RN experience required:
  Labor & Delivery or postpartum acute care nursing experience within the last 10 years. Labor & Delivery or postpartum acute care CNA experience, 30 CEUs in perinatal nursing within the last year, 200 hours perinatal clinical experience within the last two years and/or a formal perinatal training program within the last two years may substitute for some of all of this requirement OR successful completion of an approved training course/orientation and standard competencies within six months of hire.
• Preferred:
  Bilingual Spanish.

• Required:
  
  State of Oregon nursing license.
• Required Upon Hire:
  Basic Life Support.
• Required:
  
  ACLS and NRP at date of hire.
• Required:
  
  AHWONN intermediate Fetal Monitoring within six months of hire, renew every three years.

Compensation: $/hour