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:

Bed Side Shift Reporting (BSSR), utilization of AIDET, and hourly rounding are required for this unit and all RN units. Clinicians will be requested to sign an attestation to confirm they are aware of this requirement during compliance.

Call required if low census

Float required - sitter needs

Every third weekend

Ratios will vary for mother baby and laboring patients

Years of Experience: 2 year(s) Note: would prefer level 3 experience

Trauma Level II Experience: Preferred

Certifications: BSSR Attestation

Skills:

• IV therapy/Phlebotomy

• Administration of blood & blood products

• Drawing Venous Blood

• Maintain central lines (CVC / PICC) (Preferred)

• Start & maintain peripheral IV

• Use of infusion pumps / drips / IV monitoring

• Labor and Delivery Management

• Amnioinfusion (Preferred)

• Assist with high risk delivery

• Assist with vaginal delivery

• Forceps/vacuum extraction (Preferred)

• Hemorrhage/shock

• Recover C-Section

• Sterile vaginal exam

• Medication & Administration

• Anticoagulants (Preferred)

• Anticonvulsants (Preferred)

• Antihypertensives

• Insulin drips

• Magnesium Sulfate therapy

• Pitocin (oxytocin)

• Prostaglandins

• Terbutaline

• Neonatal Care in Delivery Room

• APGAR scores

• Baby Nurse (“Baby Catcher”) (Preferred)

• Collect cord samples

• ID/Security Banding

• Radiant Warmers/Thermoregulation

• 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

• Antepartum Care and Procedures

• Assist with sterile speculum exam (effacement, dilation, station, presentation) (Preferred)

• NST (Non Stress Tests)

• Reflex checks / edema assessment / clonus (Preferred)

• Sterile vaginal exam

• Triage of obstetrical patients

• Use of EFM (External Fetal Heart Monitoring)

• Postpartum Care and Procedures

• Baby friendly protocols (Preferred)

• Breastfeeding Support/lactation support

• Episiotomy/Incisional Care

• Foley Catheter insertion

• Fundus/lochia/perineum care

• Wound Assessment and Care

• Surgical Case/Procedures

• Cervical Cerclage (Preferred)

• Tubal Ligation (Preferred)

• 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

• Pain assessment & management

• Use of PCA (IV)

• Work Settings

• Facility births/month 100-200

• High Risk Antepartum

• Labor and Delivery

• LDRP

• Level I Nursery

• Mother/Baby

• Professional Topics and Skills

• Isolation Precautions/PPE

• Vaccine Administration

• Fetal Monitoring

• Recognition and Treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns

• Spiral Electrode Placement (Preferred)

• Use of External Fetal Monitoring

• Use of Internal Fetal Monitoring

• Use of IUPC (Intrauterine pressure catheter) placement and calibration (Preferred)

Orientation Hours: 36

Daily Census: 10

If multiple holidays occur during assignment, facility will only accept 1 holiday RTO request