Mother Baby RN Full Time Nights

Torrance Memorial Medical Center•Torrance, CA

27d•$58 - $80

About The Position

The Staff RN uses the nursing process to deliver care to patients in the assigned care population and setting. Care is based on interpreting and carrying out the medical and nursing treatment plan using established procedures, standards, and protocols during the assigned shift. The role provides comprehensive care to mothers and infants, including breastfeeding support, postpartum care, newborn transition and stabilization, family education, and patient safety.

Requirements

College Diploma in Nursing.
Two years of experience.
Registered Nurse License.
ACLS Certification from the American Heart Association.
NRP certification.

Responsibilities

Assess patient history and physiological and psychosocial status.
Communicate with patients, families, medical staff, and others throughout care.
Develop and carry out individualized care plans using critical thinking and patient needs.
Provide patient and family education throughout care, including newborn and postpartum teaching, and document ongoing teaching.
Plan care in collaboration with the assigned Mother/Baby Nurse; identify breastfeeding problems, establish measurable outcomes, communicate assessments and plans, and develop breastfeeding teaching plans.
Support breastfeeding mothers with positioning, teaching, and assessment; document breastfeeding assessments and interventions; and maintain an inpatient environment supportive of breastfeeding.
Contribute expertise to the development of policies and procedures for care of breastfeeding mothers and infants.
Maintain competency in breastfeeding and Post Partum Depression Modules.
Limit postpartum uterine blood loss; administer ordered medications to control bleeding and monitor their effects.
Prepare and support patients delivering by cesarean section.
Identify and manage high-risk pregnancies to promote healthy outcomes for mother and baby.
Provide comprehensive, family-centered care for the mother/infant dyad and age-appropriate care for pediatric patients.
Promote infant security and safety by monitoring the environment and educating parents.
Assist with transporting patients to appropriate departments after procedures and surgery.
Administer emergency measures to support newborn adaptation to extrauterine life and manage neonates through transition and stabilization.
Identify safety issues for patients across age groups and implement appropriate safety measures and developmentally suitable activities.
Assist in care of neonatal patients and pediatric patients requiring CMV, in accordance with departmental policies.
Provide immunizations and injections as directed or required by protocol; monitor immunization status, discuss immunization history with parents, and provide resources.
Support high-risk families with parenting information and coordination of comprehensive services; prepare caregivers for parenting and educate parents about child development and safety, including car seat laws.
Help reduce patient and parent anxiety, support normal family experiences, and facilitate the parent-infant relationship and family adjustment to a new infant.
Provide information, advocacy, and support to facilitate primary patient care by someone other than a healthcare professional.
Support family values, interests, and goals regarding contraception and assist with resolution of significant loss.
Construct and use timed sequences of patient care activities to promote desired outcomes cost-effectively.
Prepare bottles and administer fluids to infants by bottle.
Rewarm and monitor patients receiving hypothermia treatment whose core body temperature is below 35 degrees Celsius.
Adhere to infection prevention guidelines, organizational policies and standards, Joint Commission patient safety goals, quality benchmarks, regulatory requirements, and ethical obligations.
Participate in organizational activities, Magnet Model activities, peer review, and professional development.
Actively serve as a preceptor; use resources economically; administer medications safely; and use Safe Patient Handling.