Travel Nurse RN – Labor/Delivery in White Plains, NY

Job Description

Shift: 2 minimum 2 shifts per Registered Nurse provides direct patient care and collaborates with patients, family members, peers, physicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team in delivering healthcare services. The Registered Nurse assesses the patient’s needs, plans care, and implements and evaluates the medical and nursing regimens following the hospital and nursing philosophy, policies, procedures, and standards. The role demonstrates leadership skills and a commitment to professional accountability and growth.Essential Functions and and adheres to the client Performance Standards, Policies, and Behaviors.Provides respectful care for all patients that promotes mutual respect, shared decision-making, and informed consent while respecting a patient’s autonomy and dignity regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity, religion, language, or any other protected group status.The L&D RN provides respectful birthing care that promotes mutual respect, shared decision-making, and informed consent while respecting a patient’s autonomy and dignity regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity, religion, language, or any other protected group status.Utilizes the nursing process to meet the age-specific needs of the patient in all aspects of care, including biophysical, psychosocial, education, safety, environment, and discharge planning.Utilizes appropriate steps in the decision-making process, including recognition and priority setting related to patient care and unit-based issues.Administers blood and blood products according to policy.Collaborates and communicates with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.Integrates patient rights and nursing ethics into work practice.Adheres to infection control standards to reduce the risk of nosocomial infections to patients and staff.Adheres to the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals.Delegates activities to ancillary staff as it relates to the State Nurse Practice Act.Adheres to the ANA Code of Nursing Ethics and Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice.Supports, promotes, and practices within the client Professional Nursing Practice Model.Sustains and advances the Magnet model.Participates in Performance Improvement initiatives.Completes competency requirements.Attends mandatory in-services.Attends staff meetings as required or requested.Utilizes cost containment practices.Assumes Charge Nurse responsibility.Performs other related duties as assigned.Education and Experience from an accredited school of nursing with a current New York RN license and registration.BSN required.Knowledge of current nursing, medical, and health trends and practices in rendering patient care.One year of acute care nursing experience is preferred for areas other than medical-surgical or step-down units.BLS certification through the American Heart Association is required.ACLS certification through the American Heart Association is required for all RNs, except for NICU and OR RNs. All newly hired, inexperienced nurses must receive this certification within 12 months. All newly hired, experienced nurses must receive this certification within 6 months.PALS certification through the American Heart Association is required for all RNs working in the PACU, 5I Pediatrics, Emergency Department, Armonk Urgent Care, Ambulatory Surgery, and 226 Ambulatory Surgery Center. All newly hired, inexperienced nurses must receive this certification within 12 months. All newly hired, experienced nurses must receive this certification within 6 months.NRP certification is required for all RNs working in the Mother-Baby unit, Labor & Delivery, and NICU. All newly hired nurses to the NICU, L&D, and the Mother-Baby unit must receive this certification within 6 months.All registered nurses and advanced practice nurses providing direct oncology care must demonstrate one of the cancer-specific certification in the nurse’s specialty by an accredited certification program. Oncology nursing certifications that qualify include, but are not limited to: AOCNP®, AOCNS®, AOCN®, BMTCN®, CPHON®, CPON®, CBCN®, and OCN®.Ongoing education by earning 36 cancer-related continuing education nursing contact hours every 3 years (maintained by the department manager).Registered Nurses in the Emergency Department must complete de-escalation training within 1 year of hire to transfer to the Emergency Department.Successful completion of the Department and Unit Orientation Program.