Job Details
- A hospital in Southern 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.
- For additional information and to be submitted for consideration please contact Medical Solutions.
Job Requirements
- The nurse must have his / her NRP and BLS.
- Required Certifications : BLS, ACLS, NRP, Stable (taken at least once), AWHONN Intermediate Or Advanced Fetal Monitoring.
- Common diagnoses / Types of patients : Laboring patients 32wks and greater, Elective Induction of labor, Medical Induction of Labor, Stable Antepartum Patients, Postpartum Patients, Well Newborns.
- Experience or 'Must have' skills : L&D, PP, and circulating experience required; triage experience strongly preferred.
- RNs required to titrate drips : Yes.
- Common titratable & / or set rate drips : Primarily Pitocin per protocol, mag, rarely insulin.
Schedule Information
- 12-hour shifts, 7a-7p and 7p-7a.
- Per hospital policy, staff cannot work more than five shifts in a row.
- We do our best to accommodate traveler schedule requests outside of approved time off.
- Weekend Requirements : based on unit needs.
- Holiday Requirements : based on unit needs.
- Is there a call or standby requirement : No.
- Floating Requirements : Travelers required to float to like units within valley (Nampa L&D and Boise L&D).
- Orientation : Customized based on each traveler, typically 4-6 shifts.
Unit Specific Information
- Are there nurse aids / surgical techs on this unit : CNA for floor (L&D / PP / NICU) 4-5 days and nights / week. Unit clerk 24 / 7.
- OB / Neonatologist in house 24 / 7 : OB hospitalist 24 / 7, midwives always on call. Neonatal NP 24 / 7 and Neonatologist on call available within 15 min.
- Anesthesia in house 24 / 7 : CRNA 24 / 7.
- EFM System : GE Connect
- Scrub Color / Dress code : Blue scrubs provided on unit.
Additional Details
of L&D Beds : 10
of OR Suites on the unit for C-Sections : 2 ORs- L&D RNs would circulate
of Triage beds : 4
of Postpartum beds : 10
of Births per month : About 120 per month on average.
- Do you follow AWHONN guidelines for ratios : AWHONN standards (primarily 1 : 1 in L&D and 1 : 6 couple care in PP).
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