Certification Details
- CPR required
- NRP certified or ability to obtain NRP certification within 90 days of hire
- AHA-ACLS required for L&D
- Must have / complete AWHONN's Introduction to Fetal Monitoring
- Must have / attend AWHONN's Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitoring within 1 year
Job Details
- Essential Functions : Assesses (and reassesses), plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions / plans of care / patient goals.
- Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.
- Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient's sense of dignity and positive self-regard.
- Provides patient / family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.
- Collaboratively plans and prepares patient / family for discharge incorporating support systems / resources as necessary.
- Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.
- Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g., seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes the need for emergency intervention, etc.).
- Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions, and patient responses according to established standards.
- Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.
- Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g., functions as a preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).
- Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical / health care errors (i.e.
appropriate reporting of errors / incidents).
- Identifies ethical issues in care and develops a plan to address.
- Statement of Other Duties : This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions.
It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.
Job Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Minimum one-year med / surg experience required
- Maternity experience preferred
- Current MA license
- IV competent, CPR required
- NRP certified or ability to obtain NRP certification within 90 days of hire.
- AHA-ACLS required for L&D
- For nurses working L&D, must have / complete AWHONN's Introduction to Fetal Monitoring and also must have / attend AWHONN's Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitoring within 1 year
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