Registered Nurse (RN) Labor & Delivery L&D - PRN III Nights
About The Position
Texas Health Denton is hiring a Registered Nurse to provide care in its Labor and Delivery department on a PRN Level III, night-shift basis. The Center for Women at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton is a Texas 10-step facility with a “Best Place to Have a Baby” designation. The department has 12 labor, delivery, and recovery beds; 2 operating room suites; 3 private recovery rooms; 6 antepartum rooms; 4 private OB/ED beds; and 23 postpartum/newborn beds. It also has a 16-bed Level III NICU with private rooms, a 24/7 OB hospitalist, and an anesthesiologist dedicated to L&D 24/7. The unit averages between 175 deliveries a month. The PRN schedule is 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Minimum scheduling requirements are 6 shifts every 6 weeks, including 2 weekend shifts every 6 weeks, and 1 major and 2 minor holiday shifts per year. The nurse delivers care using the Nursing Process, incorporates age-specific safety and infection-control measures, meets patients’ and significant others’ information needs, and maintains continuity of care across shifts, hospitals, and expedited out-of-hospital transfers.
Requirements
- Associate Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma required.
- Registered Nurse (RN) upon hire required.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required before providing independent patient care and must be maintained quarterly.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required within 90 days of hire.
- Intermediate Fetal Monitoring (IFM) required within 12 months.
- Essential Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) required within 90 days of hire.
- Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRPA) required within 90 days of hire.
- One year of experience as a clinical nurse required.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
- At least one year of Labor and Delivery experience strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Deliver care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process.
- Assess patients.
- Plan patient care.
- Intervene as appropriate.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
- Incorporate age-specific safety and infection-control measures into patient care.
- Initiate action to meet patients’ and significant others’ need for information.
- Maintain continuity of patient care between shifts and hospitals, and while expediting out-of-hospital transfers.
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discount programs
- Other benefits
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
