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 according to the needs of patients and their families, follows established safety, risk-management, and infection-control standards, and supports discharge with an optimal level of care. The RN uses evidence-based practice, follows professional standards and the Florida State Nurse Practice Act, reviews orders and test results, and documents care accurately and promptly in the electronic health record. Care is provided in a family-centered environment where mothers and newborns remain together during their hospital stay. The role includes delivery-room attendance and stabilization of well newborns, applying fetal heart-rate monitors and interpreting tracings, and caring for low- and high-risk antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients. The RN recognizes abnormal fetal heart-rate patterns and implements appropriate interventions; cares for patients experiencing perinatal loss and those undergoing cesarean sections, tubal ligations, and cerclage; 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.
- 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 inexperienced RNs.
- One year of experience in a Med/Surg area or in a nursery, mother-baby, or Labor and Delivery unit is preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- One year of experience in a Med/Surg area or in a nursery, mother-baby, or Labor and Delivery unit.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe, high-quality, cost-effective nursing care to postpartum patients and neonates using the nursing process.
- Coordinate and integrate patient care based on patient and family needs.
- Follow safety, risk-management, infection-control, professional, and evidence-based practice standards, including the Florida State Nurse Practice Act.
- Review orders and test results and document care accurately and promptly in the electronic health record.
- Provide family-centered care that keeps mothers and newborns together during the hospital stay.
- Attend deliveries and stabilize well newborns.
- Apply fetal heart-rate monitors, interpret tracings, recognize abnormal patterns, and implement appropriate interventions.
- Care for low- and high-risk antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients.
- 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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