Registered Nurse (RN) - L&D

Conifer Health Solutions•Boca Raton, FL

About The Position

The Women’s Services RN provides high-quality, safe, cost-effective, comprehensive 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, and directs care in accordance with established safety, risk-management, and infection-control standards to support an optimal level of care at discharge. The RN uses evidence-based practice, follows 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 position includes attending deliveries and stabilizing 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, supports patients experiencing perinatal loss, and cares for patients undergoing cesarean sections, tubal ligations, and cerclage procedures, as well as those receiving tocolytic drugs and cervical-ripening agents. The RN also circulates for all 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; the posting states this experience is preferred.
Florida RN license.
American Heart Association BLS certification.
American Heart Association ACLS certification.
NRP certification at hire or within 90 days of the start date for an inexperienced RN.

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 the needs of patients and their families.
Direct care according to safety, risk-management, and infection-control standards.
Use evidence-based practice and comply 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 setting where mothers and newborns remain 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 procedures.
Care for patients receiving tocolytic drugs and cervical-ripening agents.
Circulate for all surgical cases in the LDRP operating room.