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:

Guaranteed 36 hours per week

Weekends as scheduled

OB- LDRP

Certs: Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring (in NV RN cannot place Cytotec without Advanced FHM).

OR Team does scrub and circulating and recovery for C-Sections, it is adjacent to our unit. OB nurse receives the baby.

Common diagnoses: Low risk labor (rare high-risk OB- to stabilize and transfer), antepartum testing, PP couplets, well nursery, stabilize and ship out sick nursery. Could have a postpartum couplet, triage and labor patient. RN should be comfortable caring for sick babies prior to transport (it can take transport 3 hours to get the patients).

Experience: MUST have LDRP experience and the ability to function in L&D, PP, and Sick-Baby Nursery.

RNs required to titrate drips. All IVs and IV drips are run thru infusion device.

RNs read their own EFM tele strips- asked to be able to identify major rhythms and life-threatening rhythms; MDs have the ability to view strip off-site and in the office; Use Corometric monitors. Rare, if mom requires tele they would loop in ICU RN for tele needs.

EFM System: Fetal Link & Cerner Community Works EMR.

Modified Self Schedule; Management will try to accommodate scheduling requests, but ask that travelers are flexible and help to fill gaps in permanent staffing. Try not to do every other, but will accommodate blocks scheduling if able, but cannot guarantee.

• Weekend Requirements: EOW.
• Holiday Requirements: May be asked to go in the Holiday Rotation.
• Is there a call or standby requirement?: None
• Floating Requirements: With low census in OB- try to have nurses stock or find things to do around the department, if not needed in unit. Travelers may be asked to float to be helping hands in MS, ER, LTC as a sitter or helping hands. RN to come back to the unit for laboring patients.
• Scrub Color: Navy Blue, Hospitals scrubs provided for c-sections in the OR.
• Unit Specific Orientation: 1 day of General orientation and 1-2 shifts on unit with preceptor, will have one orientation shift on their scheduled shift.