Registered Nurse, Post Partum/Mother Baby, Full Time, Night Shift, Job ID # 1889618

Palmetto General Hospital • Hialeah, FL

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About The Position

Delivers advanced professional and technical nursing care to women of childbearing age and well newborns admitted for postpartum and newborn care following vaginal delivery or cesarean section, as well as patients admitted antenatally with pregnancy complications. Provides nursing techniques to promote patient comfort and well-being. Care follows hospital objectives and policies and uses the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Prepares equipment and assists physicians during patient treatment and examinations. Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to provide age- and developmentally appropriate care in accordance with unit-specific standards. Assists in planning, supervising, and instructing nursing assistants while providing care to multiple patients. After six months of MBU experience, nurses are required to float within the MBU floating cluster. The nurse may be required to work beyond the regular tour of duty or in another patient-care unit as assigned by the department head or nursing supervisor.

Requirements

• Graduate from an approved nursing educational program as defined by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
• Attend an accredited nursing school.
• Complete eight weeks of on-the-job training.
• Meet all orientation requirements.
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced, stressful environment.
• Current Florida Registered Nurse license.
• Current BLS card from the American Heart Association.
• Current Non-Crisis Prevention Intervention card within six months if new to the area.
• Current NRP card within three months if new to the area.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to women of childbearing age and well newborns, including postpartum, newborn, and antenatal care for pregnancy complications.
• Use the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with hospital objectives and policies.
• Perform nursing techniques to promote patient comfort and well-being.
• Prepare equipment and assist physicians during patient treatment and examinations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to provide age- and developmentally appropriate care according to unit-specific standards.
• Assist in planning, supervising, and instructing nursing assistants while providing care to multiple patients.
• Float within the MBU floating cluster after six months of MBU experience.
• Work beyond the regular tour of duty or in another patient-care unit when assigned by the department head or nursing supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed