Job description
General job duties: Types of procedures required.
- Care of the L&D patient and nursing care during delivery.
- This includes high risk patients.
- Postpartum mom and baby care.
- Gyn surgical postop care.
Equipment utilized in the unit/dept. (Is there computerized charting, medication systems, etc.)
- Fetal monitors, suction, oxygen, vital signs monitors, OBIX documentation and centralized monitoring for L&D, EPIC for gyns.
Required skills and minimum years of experience.
- L&D, M/B, gyn care.
- fetal monitoring.
- 3 years L&D.
Specific licensures and certifications/registrations required:
- BLS, NRP, ACLS (STABLE preferred)
Shift or schedule requirements:
- 12 hour nights with some days. Weekends required.
Floating to over units/departments:
- Helping hands in NB nursery and NICU.
Bed size/number of rooms for this unit/dept: 19
Nurse to patient ratio of this unit.
- 1:1 or 1:2 for L&D, 1:3 mom/baby couplets, 4 gyns. combination of mom/babies and gyns = 1:5-6.
Dress Code:
- navy blue scrubs for gyn and mom/baby care or hospital provided scrubs for L&D
Tell us about the unit/department specific training and orientation program.
- 36 hours orientation for travelers.