Registered Nurse, Antepartum - Full Time, Nights

Texas Health•Dallas, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) Antepartum provides nursing care by assessing patients, planning and delivering appropriate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. The nurse incorporates age-specific safety and infection-control measures, helps patients and significant others obtain needed information, and maintains continuity of care across shifts and hospitals, including during out-of-hospital transfers. This is a full-time, 36-hour-per-week night position in the Antepartum Department at Texas Health Dallas. The department is currently under renovation and has a Level IV Maternal designation. It is a Texas Ten Step member and offers a supportive, inclusive environment. Texas Health Dallas is an 875-bed, Magnet-designated hospital serving the Dallas community.

Requirements

Diploma in Nursing or an associate degree from an accredited nursing program.
One year of experience as a clinical nurse, or completion of an RN residency program.
Registered Nurse (RN) license upon hire.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) before providing independent patient care, maintained quarterly.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within 90 days.
Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRPA) within 90 days.
Intermediate Fetal Monitoring (IFM) within 12 months.
Crisis Intervention Prevention (CPI) training within 90 days, maintained annually.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
One year of Antepartum/Labor & Delivery experience.

Responsibilities

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’ needs for information.
Maintain continuity of patient care across shifts and hospitals, and while expediting out-of-hospital transfers.