Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery
About The Position
The Registered Nurse is accountable for observing, assessing, intervening in, evaluating, and supporting the rehabilitation or health education of people experiencing illness, injury, infirmity, or changes in normal health. The role also includes maintaining health, preventing illness, administering prescribed medications and treatments, supervising or teaching nursing, administering 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, 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, promote parent-infant bonding in a baby-friendly environment, and assess and address patient and family learning needs.
Requirements
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse accepted by the Texas State Board of Nursing to engage in professional nursing.
- Technical, clerical, critical-thinking, and interpersonal skills relevant to patient care and the work area.
- Certification requirements as defined by the certification policy.
- Able to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing.
- AHA BLS, ACLS, NRP, and fetal monitoring.
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.
Responsibilities
- Assess and manage the laboring woman's physical condition, parameters, and progress through labor and delivery, including the significant other in the process.
- Assess fetal well-being using electronic fetal monitoring and other standard parameters.
- Provide immediate stabilization of the neonate.
- Provide maternal recovery care after vaginal or cesarean delivery.
- Assume the circulating role for vaginal or cesarean deliveries.
- Initiate parent-infant bonding and promote a baby-friendly environment.
- Assess learning needs and teach patients and families.
- Observe, assess, intervene in, and evaluate patient health; maintain health and help prevent illness.
- 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.
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