Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery
About The Position
The Registered Nurse is accountable for observing, assessing, intervening, evaluating, and supporting the rehabilitation or health education of people who are ill, injured, infirm, or experiencing a change in normal health processes. The role also includes maintaining health and preventing illness; administering ordered medications and treatments; supervising or teaching nursing; administering, supervising, and evaluating nursing practices, policies, and procedures; performing acts delegated by a physician; and developing nursing care plans. In Labor and Delivery, the nurse assesses and manages the laboring woman's physical condition and progress through labor and delivery, involving her significant other in the process. The nurse assesses fetal well-being using electronic fetal monitoring and other standard parameters, stabilizes the neonate immediately after birth, and provides maternal recovery care following vaginal or cesarean delivery. The nurse may serve as the circulating nurse for vaginal or cesarean deliveries, promotes parent-infant bonding in a baby-friendly environment, and assesses and addresses patient and family learning needs. This is a PRN day-shift position, scheduled 6:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m., with possible weekend rotation.
Requirements
- Be licensed as a Registered Nurse accepted by the Texas State Board of Nursing to engage in professional nursing.
- Have technical, clerical, critical-thinking, and interpersonal skills relevant to patient care and the area.
- Meet certification requirements as defined by the certification policy.
- Communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
- Hold AHA BLS, ACLS, NRP, and Fetal Monitoring certifications.
Nice To Haves
- Labor and Delivery experience.
- Bachelor of Nursing degree or progression toward this degree.
- National certification recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
- Bilingual or multilingual ability.
Responsibilities
- Assess and manage the laboring woman's physical condition and progress through labor and delivery, including involving her significant other.
- Assess fetal well-being using electronic fetal monitoring and other standard parameters.
- Provide immediate stabilization of the neonate.
- Provide maternal recovery care following vaginal or cesarean delivery.
- Assume the circulating role for vaginal or cesarean deliveries.
- Promote parent-infant bonding and a baby-friendly environment.
- Assess patient and family learning needs and provide teaching.
- Observe, assess, intervene, evaluate, and provide health teaching or rehabilitation as appropriate.
- Administer medications and treatments as ordered by a physician.
- Supervise or teach nursing and administer, supervise, and evaluate nursing practices, policies, and procedures.
- Perform acts delegated by a physician and develop nursing care plans.
- Maintain health and support illness prevention.
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