RN (Registered Nurse)

Unit Notes

Med Sol prescreens, unit will have 24 hours to rescind offer if necessary

need 2 sup refs (charge accepted) at submittal; 1 w / in 12 mo. & 1 w / in 3 years worked

Modules are required to be done before start of assignment. Modules take on average 3-4 hours to complete-this time is not billable

Travelers will work 2 of the 3 holidays (TG, X-mas, NYs). Holiday time off will be considered, however not GTD

Family Birthing Center : LDRP

7 LDRP beds

OBED 2

4-8 Maternal Newborn beds

8 PP beds

1 OR suite for C-Sections

We use our labor rooms for triage

70-80 births a mo and NST antepartum testing (averaging 60-70 per mo)

Do you follow AWHONN guidelines for ratios? 1 : 2 L&D, 1 : 1 delivery. 1 : 4 Mother / Baby couplets.

Required Certifications : ACLS, BLS, NRP, AWHONN Advanced EFM

Common diagnoses / Types of patients Low risk, 36 weeks and above, may do twin deliveries, any high risk transferred to higher level of care

Experience or 'Must have' skills Must have at least 1 years of LDRP or L&D experience; prefer 3 years of experience in these settings.

Will take L&D only but will not accept a candidate who only has postpartum experience, Prefer scrub experience for c-sections.

Will accept first time travelers

They will also be expected to circulate in the OR, but we can orient to that if needed NO NICU in house, RN must be comfortable with NRP

Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes

Common titratable & / or set rate drips Titrate pitocin and very occasionally insulin

Charge Nurse / House Supervisor? Does the charge nurse take an assignment? Yes, generally does not take patients, but will take an assignment if needed

Are there nurse aids / surgical techs on this unit? No CNAs, but they have perinatal techs that can scrub in for c-sections, usually one on staff during shift

OB / Neonatologist in house 24 / 7? OB is in house 24 / 7

They have a perinatal specialist to improve neonatal complications.

NO NICU in house, RN must be comfortable with NRP

Anesthesia in house 24 / 7? Anesthesia not in house 24 / 7, but on-call.

If there are no patients there is not an anesthesiologist in house, they would be on call with a 20 minute response time.

If any patients have an epidural, they are in house and would stay for the entirety.

RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc) RT attends every delivery and will assist in providing respiratory support and manage equipment when needed.

Equipment : Ventilator, CPAP, bubble CPAP machine

Are there Tele / Monitor Techs on this unit? Client monitors- nurses do take ACLS, but if but if a patient had general anesthesia they would be recovered in the Main PACU

EFM System Fetalink

Weekend Requirements 2 weekend shifts per 4 week schedule, Nights - fri / sat, Days - Sa / Sun

Holiday Requirements Rotate in with core staff

Is there a call or standby requirement? If on the schedule you may be placed on-call / standby

Floating Requirements? All other Sacramento facilities. Mid-shift float to another facility is rare, but can happen.

Scheduling is 4 weeks in advance