Labor & Delivery (L&D) Travel RN

Labor and Delivery/Postpartum Registered Nurse (RN)

Position Overview

The Registered Nurse in Maternal Child Health is responsible for providing direct patient care to a designated group of patients in the Maternal Child Health department. This role involves collaborating with unit leadership and adhering to the scope of practice as dictated by relevant nursing governing bodies, including AWONN, ACOG, NNA, and AORN.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess patients and families, understanding needs ranging from uncomplicated to highly complex, and quickly identifying normal parameters, deviations, and abnormalities in physical, emotional, developmental, and behavioral status.
• Employ a person-centered care approach in the development of care plans and prioritize nursing care to meet individual patient and family needs.
• Plan and coordinate patient care, demonstrating effective prioritization of both expected and unanticipated needs while involving patients and families in care goal establishment.
• Utilize critical thinking skills to make clinical decisions and proactively address potential and actual issues.
• Exhibit competence in the technical skills required for patient care and stay updated on relevant policies, procedures, and standards.
• Act as a resource to peers and facilitate connections between patients, families, and other disciplines or services as needed.

Qualifications

• Labor and Delivery experience is required; postpartum experience is preferred.
• Ability to float to other departments such as L&D, OR/PACU, Postpartum, and NICU on a rotational basis.
• Flexibility in scheduling is necessary, as requests may not be guaranteed outside of regular scheduling processes.

Unit Description

The facility features a modern Birthplace with six Labor and Delivery Rooms, two Labor triage rooms, eleven Postpartum Rooms, and a Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, including four private NICU rooms for individualized, family-centered care. There is also a Cesarean Section Surgical Operating Room and PACU within the Labor and Delivery Suite. Staff are trained in postpartum care and may be cross-trained in Labor and Delivery, NICU, or both.