Travel Nurse (RN) - Labor & Delivery Unit

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Block scheduling can not be guaranteed.

If you require an interview with the manager, please make a note of it in your special requests.

36-hour guarantees only (no 48s) – can pick up additional shifts

Travel pairs cannot request the same schedule

Cannot have an employment gap in the past 4+ months.

Resume: Each employment history entry must include all the following: detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, teaching facility. Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained.

Experience Requirement: Floating experience does not count toward experience requirement. Correctional facility experience does not count toward experience requirement.

Start Date: Start Date is not flexible

Unit Details: L&D Beds: 9

OR Suites on the unit for C-Sections: 2

Triage beds: 7

Births per day: Average 9/day, 250 a month, 3000 per year.

Patient Ratio: Facility tries to follow AWHONN guidelines; 1/1-2, 2 patients is common

Types of Patients: 28 weeks and above, lot of HTN, 7-10% no prenatal care, high Spanish speaking, tele monitoring.

Spanish speaking would be great.

Required Skill / Experience: Must be able to do a vaginal exam (if come from teaching facility-they have less skill since medical students/residents do these).

Scalp electrodes, Circulate a C-section, Newborn transitions, Assist anesthesiology, IV starts, Blood draws

APGARS assignments - must know

Postpartum hemorrhage control

SIM lab coming - fall 2023, Epidurals, Amnio infusion.

Water birth - not a must have, just for knowledge

RNs required to titrate drips: Magnesium, Pitocin, insulin, blood

Preferred Skill / Experience: Experience spinning babies

Technology Used on Unit: CPN Centricity

Shift & Schedule: Weekend Requirements: 3 weekend shifts in a 4 week schedule - Saturday / Sunday

Holiday Requirements: Typically 2/3 holidays, includes eve/day of.

Will be On-Call-as much as you like, not mandatory.

Low Census On Call

Floating Requirements: NICU/Peds/Womens as well as MedSurg or ICU with appropriate patient assignment - downgraded, or RDU

L&D nurses may be assigned antepartum patients - They have to be able to take care of baby for two hours after delivery. If they do not have post partum experience they won’t be sent there but they have to be prepared that they will take care of antepartum patients.

Orientation: One NEO, one clinical ed/EPIC, one day floor