Registered Nurse RN Labor and Delivery

Core Functions

• Affirms patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within appropriate timeframe.
• Reviews available information obtained by other health care team members.
• Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
• Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy.
• Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input.
• Initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data and the medical plan of care.
• Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs based on evaluation of the patient’s status.
• Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team.
• Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.
• Evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed.
• Evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
• Evaluates patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Documents assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record.

Qualifications

• Must possess a current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in state of practice, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
• BLS certification is required.
• Additional certification or continuing education may be required based on area of practice.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work as demonstrated through annual validations.
• Must have one year experience in an acute care hospital setting.

Experience

• Experience in the clinical area for which he or she is applying is desired.

Education

• Bachelor's degree preferred.

Skills

• Ability to assess data and plan, provide and evaluate care appropriate to the physical and developmental age of assigned patients.
• Knowledge of specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills necessary to assess data and plan, provide and evaluate care appropriate to the physical and developmental age of assigned patients.

Benefits

• 18%-night shift differential.
• Flat rate $3/hour weekend shift differential.

Pay

• Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

• Hours will be from 7:00PM - 7:30AM for 3 shifts per week which will include weekends and holidays on a rotating basis.