Travel Family Birth Center Labor & Delivery RN - $2,684 per week at PRIDE Health summary:
A Travel Nurse RN specializing in Labor and Delivery providing comprehensive care for antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients including newborn stabilization and medication administration. The role involves floating across departments within a local area and working 12-hour shifts for a 13-week assignment in Albuquerque, NM. Responsibilities include labor assessment, fetal evaluation, emergency stabilization, and newborn care including administration of medications and assisting with procedures such as circumcisions and phototherapy.
PRIDE Health is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty:Labor and Delivery
- Discipline:RN
- Duration:13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift:12 hours
- Employment Type:Travel
Floating between departments and or local locations within 20 miles is required.
Job Summary:
Antepartum:
-Assess all triage patients >20 weeks.
-Use obstetric triage acuity tools.
-Labor assessment and evaluation.
-Fetal evaluation and assessment.
-Evaluation for labor at term, PTL signs, s/s of preeclampsia, rupture of membranes, decreased fetal movement, preterm premature rupture of membranes, vaginal bleeding, acute and critical conditions, such as MVA, large abruptio placentae.
-If emergency medical condition is determined to exist, must stabilize the patient for delivery or transfer to higher level of care if needed.
Intrapartum:
-Labor assessment, evaluation, and care.
-Fetal evaluation and assessment.
-Preparation of expectant mother for safe delivery.
-Administration of medications including but not limited to: Pitocin, misoprostol, methergine, hemabate, mag sulfate, terbutaline, labetalol, nifedipine, hydralazine, insulin.
-Immediate stabilization of newborn.
-Administer newborn medications.
-Prep for scheduled or emergency cesarean delivery.
Postpartum/Newborn:
-Assessment and care of postpartum (vaginal and cesarean deliveries) and newborn patients.
-Newborn care includes (but not limited to): hearing screen, assisting with laboratory draws, IV starts and care, medication administration (hep B, vit K, erythromycin, antibiotics), assist with circumcisions, care of opiate withdrawal newborns, stabilization of critically ill newborns for transport, phototherapy, hypoglycemia care.
Pride Health Job ID #3-36245982. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
About PRIDE Health
PRIDE Health is the minority-owned healthcare recruitment division of Pride Global—an integrated human capital solutions and advisory firm. With our robust and abundant travel nursing and allied health employment options across the U.S., PRIDE Health will allow you to help change the way the world lives and heals as it connects you with the industry’s leading healthcare organizations.
Pride Global offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors.
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- 401k retirement plan
- Cancelation protection
- Referral bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
Keywords:
labor and delivery nurse, travel nurse, antepartum care, intrapartum care, postpartum care, newborn stabilization, medication administration, fetal evaluation, emergency stabilization, patient assessment