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References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to.

Required Skills/Experience: Must have LDRP experience and the ability to function in L&D, PP, and sick-baby nursery. Okay with 1 year of experience in true LDRP.

Required Credentials: Intermediate or Advanced fetal monitoring required; Advanced fetal monitoring is needed to place Cytotec in Nevada.

Special Requests: Modified self schedule; management will try to accommodate scheduling requests, but travelers are expected to be flexible and help fill gaps in permanent staffing. Try not to do every other, but will accommodate block scheduling if able, but cannot guarantee.

Unit Details: Low risk labor, antepartum testing, postpartum couplets, well nursery, and stabilization/transfer of sick nursery patients; rare high risk OB cases are stabilized and transferred out. Must be comfortable caring for sick babies prior to transport; it can take transport 3 hours to get the patients. OB RN receives the baby for C-sections; the OR team does scrub, circulate, and recovery. Common drips include Pitocin, Mag Sulfate, Antibiotics, and rare Insulin with induction on days. No dedicated charge nurse on the unit; nurses take a team approach with patient assignments, and charge support is available in the ER/ICU for transfer assistance. Rare NA support a couple days a week for stocking and department tasks, not patient care. OB is on call with a 30 min response time. No neonatologist on site; high acuity babies are stabilized and transferred out. One OB or FPOB is on at a time, and one Pediatric FPOB and hospitalists cover the nursery. Anesthesia is on call after hours with a response time of 20 minutes or less. Uses T-pieces for PPV, Vapotherm for high flow, Corometric monitors, and Fetal Link. RNs read their own EFM tele strips and are expected to identify major rhythms and life-threatening rhythms; MDs can view strips off-site and in the office, and ICU RNs assist if mom requires tele.

Shift & Scheduling: Be days and night for the first 2 weeks then days the last 2 weeks in June, then to nights. 3-12 hr shifts, start time 7-730, with 30 minute lunch. Every other weekend. May be asked to go in the holiday rotation. No call or standby requirement.

Floating Requirements: With low census in OB, nurses may help with stocking or other tasks in the department. Travelers may be asked to float to MS, ER, or LTC as a sitter or helping hands and will come back to the unit for laboring patients.