Travel Nurse RN – Labor/Delivery – $2,720 per week in Albuquerque, NM
Job Description
Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Family Birthing Center/Labor and Delivery
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 3×12-hour shifts
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Minimum two years of current experience required
License: State Nursing License or Compact State License
Certifications: BLS, NRP, AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certification
Must-Have: BLS must be completed through American Heart Association, American Health and Safety, or American Red Cross
Description:
Assess all triage patients more than 20 weeks gestation.
Use obstetric triage acuity tools.
Conduct labor assessment and evaluation.
Perform fetal evaluation and assessment.
Evaluate for labor at term, signs of preterm labor, signs or symptoms of preeclampsia, rupture of membranes, decreased fetal movement, preterm premature rupture of membranes, vaginal bleeding, and acute or critical conditions.
If an emergency medical condition is determined to exist, stabilize the patient for delivery or transfer to a higher level of care if needed.
Conduct labor assessment, evaluation, and care.
Perform fetal evaluation and assessment.
Prepare expectant mother for safe delivery.
Administer medications including Pitocin, Misoprostol, Methergine, Hemabate, Magnesium Sulfate, Terbutaline, Labetalol, Nifedipine, Hydralazine, and Insulin.
Stabilize newborn immediately after birth.
Administer newborn medications.
Prepare for scheduled or emergency cesarean delivery.
Perform assessment and care of postpartum (vaginal and cesarean deliveries) and newborn patients.
Provide newborn care which includes hearing screening, assisting with laboratory draws, IV starts and care, medication administration (Hepatitis B, Vitamin K, Erythromycin, antibiotics), assist with circumcisions, care of opiate withdrawal newborns, stabilization of critically ill newborns for transport, phototherapy, and hypoglycemia care.
At least two years of current experience in the field is required.
EPIC experience is preferred but can train on-site.
An Associate’s Degree in Nursing is required.
Travelers must pass the BCA testing during the first week of assignment.
Travelers who do not pass the BCA test will be dismissed.