Certification Details
Required Certifications : NRP, CPR, ACLS, AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Courses
Job Details
- A hospital in Idaho is in need of a Labor and Delivery RN to work a 13 week travel assignment.
- The nurse will be working 12 hour shifts.
Job Requirements
- Ideal candidates must have 3 years L&D experience
- Skills in pre-term labor, c-sections and recoveries, and high-risk patients.
Schedule Information
- The nurse will be working 12 hour shifts.
- Shifts & Scheduling : 06 : 50-19 : 20 and 1850-0720am, we put them where the needs are
- Weekend Requirements : Where the needs are we put our traveler
- Holiday Requirements : We try to not schedule travelers but there may be an occasional time we need to do that
- Floating Requirements : Yes we float to the Meridian, Nampa hospitals and have to sit with pts on other floors.
Unit Specific Information
- L&D / PP / MB (LDRP)
- 2yrs experience required
- Common diagnoses / Types of patients : Preeclampsia, Previa, Twins, Diabetics
- Experience or 'Must have' skills : LDR, circulate the OR
Additional Details
of L&D Beds : 16 and 13 Antepartum beds
of OR Suites on the unit for C-Sections : 3
of Triage beds : 8
of Postpartum beds : 32 beds on Mother Baby Care Unit on another floor. We are on the 2nd floor.
of Births per day? Month? Year? : 4194 deliveries in 2023-anywhere from 320-400 per month
- Do you follow AWHONN guidelines for ratios? : Yes
- Are RNs required to titrate drips? : Pitocin, and Insulin
- Common titratable & / or set rate drips : Pitocin commonly used-1-20ml / units, may go up to 40 ml / units
- Is there a Charge Nurse on each shift? Does the charge nurse take an assignment? : Yes, charge does not take pts unless absolutely no nurses
- Are there nurse aids / surgical techs on this unit? Duties? : CSTs every shift
- OB / Neonatologist in house 24 / 7? : OB Laborist 24 / 7, Neo's also
- Anesthesia in house 24 / 7? : Yes, we have a designated CRNA 24 / 7
- Are there Tele / Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors?
No tel techs-if we have pts on Tele the Tel Techs read the cardiac strips
- EFM System : Centricity Perinatal-GE
- Scrub Color / Dress code : We supply scrubs
- How many shifts of unit / department specific orientation? : 1 shift in each area-LD, Antepartum, and LD OR
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