Nurse A - Registered Nurse General Duty Nurse
About The Position
This full-time regular position is for a Registered Nurse (Nurse A) in the Maternal Services 1 department at Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon. The role involves providing comprehensive nursing care to patients undergoing obstetrical procedures, including surgical preparation, intraoperative assistance, and post-anesthesia care. The nurse will collaborate with patients, physicians, midwives, and other healthcare providers to coordinate the in-hospital experience and create a therapeutic perinatal environment. This includes patient and family teaching, counseling, and providing emergency care for surgical patients, fetuses, and newborns. The position also entails providing obstetrical care, fetal health surveillance, evaluating care outcomes, modifying care plans, and acting as a patient advocate. Additionally, the nurse will be responsible for precepting new orientees or students and providing guidance to them.
Requirements
- Graduated from an approved Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing School of Nursing with current practicing registration as an RN.
- AORN Certification.
- Fetal Health Assessment Certification.
- Current CPR /Newborn Resuscitation Certification.
- Breastfeeding update, minimum 6 hours in the last 2 years.
- Perinatal loss education, minimum 4 hours.
- Able to apply and evaluate maternal/fetal/newborn nursing theory and expertise.
- Able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Able to cope with multiple tasks for a variety of patients.
- Able to triage patients, and to prioritize and organize work.
- Ability to deal with and promote change.
- Ability to operate related equipment in the maternal services unit and the maternal operating room.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
Nice To Haves
- Two years in Labor and Delivery
Responsibilities
- Perform surgical preparation/scrub/circulating/post anesthesia roles for obstetrical procedures in collaboration with the patient, primary care physician/midwife, and other health care providers.
- Prepare the patient for the surgical procedure, start an intravenous, administer medication, complete the nursing admission form, and transport the woman to the OR area prior to surgery.
- Coordinate the in-hospital experience in collaboration with the patient, family, and the physician/midwifery team.
- Create a therapeutic perinatal environment by providing patient/family teaching and counselling, focusing on the surgical experience, early post-operative period, newborn care, health promotion, and perinatal loss when appropriate.
- Utilize the nursing process and the CRNS Standards of Nursing Practice and ORNAC standards to provide nursing care.
- Provide emergency care for the surgical patient/fetus/newborn in crisis, while obtaining immediate assistance from the physician or nursing colleagues.
- Provide obstetrical care to the patient and fetal health surveillance throughout labor and delivery.
- Evaluate outcome of care on a continuing basis by ongoing assessments and provide and modify the care plan accordingly.
- Act as a patient advocate.
- Provide guidance and/or direction by precepting new orientees or students and providing care to patients and their families.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
