Required Skills/Experience:
The RN must be comfortable with cervical exams, amnio infusions, epidurals, fetal monitoring, IV starts and management, Pitocin, baby catching/receiving, APGAR, basic breastfeeding education, and all aspects of postpartum care from transition to discharge for mother and baby.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
Experience with post-women's surgeries is preferred.
Unit Details:
Patient ratios are 1:1 for laboring patients, 1:2 for active labor, and 1:3 for couplets.
Patients are 32 weeks' gestation and above, and most patients are lower risk.
Common patient conditions and care include hypertension, magnesium administration, medication management for substance abuse, epidurals, elevated BMI, and diabetes.
Post-delivery patients remain in the same room, and the RN continues care after delivery.
The charge nurse takes patients.
L&D anesthesia is always on call; an NNP, RT, and hospitalist are available 24/7, and OBGYNs are always on call but are not necessarily on the unit 24/7.
A lactation consultant is available during the day and meets with every patient before discharge.
Equipment includes Alaris IV pumps and Pyxis medication dispensing; monitors use QS Centricity.
Shift & Scheduling:
Weekend rotation is every weekend, Friday through Sunday.
Holiday rotations are required.
The assignment includes 6-7 four-hour on-call blocks per 6-week schedule.
Up to 7 days of RTO is approved.
Schedules are made 6 weeks at a time and provided 2 weeks before the schedule begins.
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