Registered Nurse (RN) - L&D
About The Position
The Women’s Services RN provides high-quality, safe, cost-effective nursing care to postpartum patients and neonates using the nursing process. The RN coordinates and integrates patient care based on the needs of patients and family members, follows established safety, risk management, and infection-control standards, and supports discharge with an optimum level of care. The RN uses evidence-based practice in accordance with professional standards and the Florida State Nurse Practice Act, and accurately and promptly reviews orders and test results and documents care in the electronic health record. Care is provided in a family-centered environment where mothers and newborns remain together during their hospital stay. The RN attends deliveries, stabilizes well newborns, applies fetal heart rate monitors, and interprets fetal heart rate tracings. The RN cares for low- and high-risk antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients; recognizes abnormal fetal heart rate patterns and initiates appropriate interventions; and cares for patients experiencing perinatal loss or undergoing cesarean sections, tubal ligations, or cerclage. The RN also cares for patients receiving tocolytic drugs and cervical-ripening agents and circulates for surgical cases in the LDRP operating room.
Requirements
- Graduate of an RN program.
- At least one year of experience in a Med/Surg area or in a nursery, mother-baby, or Labor and Delivery unit is listed as the minimum experience qualification.
- Florida RN license.
- American Heart Association BLS certification.
- American Heart Association ACLS certification.
- NRP certification at hire or within 90 days of start date for an inexperienced RN.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide nursing care to postpartum patients and neonates using the nursing process.
- Coordinate and integrate patient care according to the needs of patients and their family members.
- Follow safety, risk management, and infection-control standards.
- Use evidence-based practice in accordance with professional standards and the Florida State Nurse Practice Act.
- Review orders and test results and document care accurately and promptly in the electronic health record.
- Provide care in a family-centered environment where mothers and newborns remain together during the hospital stay.
- Attend deliveries and stabilize well newborns.
- Apply fetal heart rate monitors and interpret fetal heart rate tracings.
- Care for low- and high-risk antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients.
- Recognize abnormal fetal heart rate patterns and implement appropriate interventions.
- Care for patients experiencing perinatal loss.
- Care for patients undergoing cesarean sections, tubal ligations, and cerclage.
- Care for patients receiving tocolytic drugs and cervical-ripening agents.
- Circulate for surgical cases in the LDRP operating room.
Benefits
- Up to $10,000 sign-on bonus for qualified candidates, paid over 24 months.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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