Travel Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse - Make $2993.80 to $3186.72 weekly

A travel assignment in New Orleans, LA for 13 weeks, starting 08/24/2026. Shift: 4 days, 12 hours (07:00 - 19:30). Charting system: Epic.

Pay

$2,993 to $3,186 weekly, including taxable wages and tax-free expense reimbursements.

Requirements

• 1 year of experience as a Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse
• Active LA license or Compact License
• Certifications: ACLS, BLS, NRP, AWHONN Intermediate
• Previous Charge Nurse experience preferred

Skills

• Administration of blood & blood products
• Adult cardiac arrest
• Antepartum
• Anticoagulation therapy
• Antihypertensives
• Antiseizure
• Assist with vaginal delivery
• Baby friendly protocols
• Cesarean Section
• Drawing Venous Blood
• Episiotomy/Incisional Care
• Fundus / lochia / perineum care
• ID/Security Banding
• Infant / neonatal arrest
• Infant Identification
• Isolation Precautions/PPE
• Labor & Delivery
• Magnesium Sulfate therapy
• Amnioinfusion
• APGAR scores
• Assist with amniocentesis
• Assist with high risk delivery
• Assist with sterile speculum exam (effacement, dilation, station, presentation)
• Breastfeeding Support/lactation support
• Cervical Cerclage
• Circulate for C-section
• D & C
• Diabetes mellitus
• Epidural Anesthesia
• Facility births/month: 100-200
• Foley catheter insertion/management
• Forceps/vacuum extraction
• General Anesthesia
• HELLP Syndrome
• Hemorrhage/shock
• High Risk Antepartum
• HIV
• Insulin drips
• Multiple Births
• Multiple Gestation
• Neonatal Resuscitation
• NST (Non Stress Tests)
• Placenta Previa/Abruptio
• Pre-eclampsia / eclampsia
• Pregnancy induced hypertension
• Premature Rupture of Membranes
• Preterm labor
• OCT (Oxytocin Challenge Tests)
• Opioids
• Pain assessment & management
• Pitocin (oxytocin)
• Postpartum Hemorrhage
• Prostaglandins
• Radiant Warmers/Thermoregulation
• Recognition and Treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
• Recover C-Section
• Reflex checks / edema assessment / clonus
• Spiral Electrode Placement
• Substance Abuse
• Teaching Hospital
• Terbutaline
• Tubal Ligation
• Use of EFM (External Fetal Heart Monitoring)
• Use of Electric/Manual breast pump
• Use of External Fetal Monitoring
• Use of Internal Fetal Monitoring
• Use of IUPC (Intrauterine pressure catheter) placement and calibration
• Use of PCA (IV)
• Uterine rupture
• VBAC management / trial of labor
• Seizure disorder
• Starting and maintaining IVs
• Sterile vaginal exam
• Triage of obstetrical patients
• Use of infusion pumps / drips / IV monitoring
• Use of Rapid Response/Code teams
• Vaginal Delivery

Facility & Unit Information

• Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital
• Compact License Accepted: Yes
• Facility Bed Count: 254

Benefits

• Premium medical, dental, vision, and life insurance beginning day one of your assignment
• Insurance coverage retained for up to 24 days between assignments
• Generous 401(k) match
• Paid company housing (pets allowed) or a generous housing stipend, if eligible
• Paid sick time (accrued at one hour per 30 hours worked, or as required by applicable law)
• Access to unlimited continuing education units online
• Licensure, relocation, and other reimbursements, when applicable

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