Registered Nurse Postpartum Part Time Days

Part-time · Day shift · Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Frisco

About the role

The RN plans, directs, coordinates, and implements all nursing care services for postpartum and gynecological patients in accordance with accepted standards of care, ensuring the highest quality and safe delivery of patient care while maintaining compliance with professional nursing standards, the Joint Commission, and all Federal and State regulations. The position cares for patients of all ages, from adolescents to geriatric.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited RN School of Nursing
• At least 1 year experience as an RN in a hospital setting on an L/D, Antepartum, Postpartum, or medical-surgical unit
• Graduate Nurses considered for internship on a case-by-case basis
• RN licensure, current in the State of Texas
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) required before completion of orientation
• Ability to make decisions based on nursing judgment
• Ability to prioritize and organize workload to meet patient and unit needs
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Performs direct patient care within the scope of the RN practice act and according to hospital policies and procedures
• Demonstrates knowledge and skill to assess patients’ psychosocial, educational, and physical needs and address them in an age-appropriate manner
• Performs maternal/fetal monitoring, assessment, and interpretation
• Monitors lab values and reports abnormalities or critical values per policy
• Assists with monitoring patients requiring anesthesia, including epidurals, general, and locals
• Communicates patient status to oncoming nurses using the SHARE format, giving bedside report for patient participation
• Responds to patients with compassion, consideration, and respect
• Understands and follows hospital policies regarding EMTALA, triage of the OB patient, and MSE
• Responds quickly and appropriately to emergency situations
• Develops and prioritizes plan of care to attain measurable goals, updating care plans daily
• Identifies educational needs, implements and evaluates learning, and documents patient/family education
• Manages acute and chronic pain using pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions
• Delivers medication based on continual assessment, safety, and evaluation of patient response
• Assists new mothers with breastfeeding per established policies and protocols
• Follows all documentation policies utilizing the GE Centricity Perinatal System
• Utilizes Meditech system for documentation, printing lab reports, entering orders, discharging patients, and accessing drug monograms and EMR information
• Utilizes appropriate referral resources as needed
• Maintains patient safety and security using the HUGS system and infant abduction prevention policy and procedure
• Demonstrates ability to operate various equipment needed for patient care
• Completes all mandatory departmental and hospital-wide education in a timely manner
• Utilizes the chain of command for patient concerns as well as personal concerns