Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery

Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery

As a Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn – whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Registered Nurse is responsible for decisions and actions within the domain of nursing practice. Important aspects of this responsibility are the promotion of a safe and therapeutic environment for both the recipients and providers of nursing care; acquisition of specialized knowledge skills and additional formal education to provide specialized care; demonstration and validation of competence in nursing practice; clinical practice consistent with the policies, procedures and standards of this facility; and supervision of other staff as designated within the department.

• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Responsible for care of patients in the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum period.
• Triage OBED pregnant patients adhering to Medical Screening exam guidelines.
• Fetal strip interpretation using external and internal monitoring methods.
• Managing high-risk patients including but not limited to: preterm labor, preeclampsia/eclampsia, gestational diabetes, placenta previa, and placenta abruption.
• Performs and documents patient assessments and reassessments following Nursing and Departmental P/P, using appropriate techniques for data collection and analysis, at regular and indicated intervals
• Provides IV therapy management and performs venipuncture as needed for lab draws per physician orders.

What qualifications you will need:

Education/Skills:

• Associate's degree in Nursing required; BSN preferred. BSN will be required within 3 years of employment. Ability to perform as scrub tech during delivery required within 1 year of employment. Professional Nursing Organization membership encouraged.

Experience:

• Minimum of two years' experience is preferred.

Licenses, Registrations and/or Certifications:

• RN license eligible to practice in the state of Texas required.
• BLS required from an HCA approved vendor required.
• NRP and ACLS within first 90 days of hire.
• Specialty Certification Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM) is required within 6 months after becoming eligible and maintained. AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring is required until eligible for C-EFM.