Job Title : Registered Nurse (RN)
Job Specialty : Labor and Delivery
Job Duration : 13 Weeks
Shift : Night - 3x12 - 7pm to 7am (36 Hours)
Guaranteed Hours : 36 Hours per week
Experience : One year of experience preferred; Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty.
License : State RN license or RN license from a participating state in the NLC - Required
Certifications :
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) - Required
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification - Required
- Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM) Certification / or Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Certification - Required
Must-Have :
- Therapeutic Patient Care Experience
- Wound Care Skills
- Medical Records Management
- Mentoring Experience
Job Description :
- Assess patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data.
- Evaluate patients' response and intervene to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
- Develop and implement patient care plans and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate competency in various therapeutic / diagnostic interventions, including but not limited to IVs, incision / wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
- Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health, safety, and rights of each patient.
- Provide patient and family education through assessment of learning readiness, needs, and abilities. Evaluate the effectiveness of teaching.
- Recognize the patient or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
- Deliver relationship-based care with respect for cultural differences and diversity of human experience.
- Delegate to non-RN personnel following State Board of Nursing and hospital policy.
- Use time, personnel, equipment, and supplies effectively to provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care.
- Serve as a professional role model for all staff, demonstrating ethical, legal, and professional nursing processes.
- Manage resources and patient flow, matching nursing competencies with individualized patient and unit needs.
- Follow standards of care, hospital policies / procedures, and regulatory guidelines to guide practice.
- Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
- Precept / mentor new staff or nursing students as needed.
- Seek learning opportunities and continuing education to maintain skills and competence in clinical practice or role performance.
- Maintain professional records providing evidence of competency and lifelong learning.
- Evaluate own integrity and nursing practice concerning professional standards, guidelines, statutes, rules, and regulations.
- Take action to achieve goals identified during the evaluation process.
- Demonstrate commitment to the organization through participation in hospital and unit-based meetings.
- Understand the value of measurement and the importance of continuous quality improvement data.
- Use quality measures to improve performance and accountability for patient outcomes, experiences, and safe delivery of care.
- Participate in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research activities.
- Use current healthcare research findings and other evidence to expand clinical knowledge, enhance role performance, and increase knowledge of professional issues.
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