Registered Nurse, LDRP - Full Time, Days
About The Position
The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) department at Texas Health Allen is responsible for delivering care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process. This includes assessing the patient, planning care, intervening appropriately, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. The RN will incorporate age-specific safety and infection control measures, initiate actions to meet patient and/or significant others' needs for information, and maintain continuity of patient care across shifts, hospitals, and during transfers. The Mom/Baby Department is a Level II Maternal Designation with a Level II NICU, featuring a Certified Nurse Midwife Hospitalist Based Model, 8 LDRPs, 5 Antepartum Rooms, and 2 Operating Rooms, handling 40-45 deliveries per month with a small, highly collaborative team.
Requirements
- Diploma in Nursing or Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program required
- One-year experience as a clinical nurse, or completion of an RN residency program.
- RN must practice within the regulations of the Texas Nurse Practice Act, serve as a role model, intra/interdisciplinary collaborator, and coordinator for quality patient care
- BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent care and maintained quarterly required
- CPI – Crisis Prevention Intervention training within 90 days and maintained annually required
- NRP – Essential Neonatal Resuscitation Program required within 90 days
- ACLS – Advance Cardiac Life Support within 90 days required
- NRPA – Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 days required
Nice To Haves
- BSN preferred
- One year of Labor & Delivery experience strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process
- Assesses the patient
- Plans the care of the patient
- Intervenes as appropriate
- Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions
- Incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care.
- Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information
- Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.
Benefits
- 401k
- PTO
- medical
- dental
- Paid Parental Leave
- flex spending
- tuition reimbursement
- Student Loan Repayment Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
