Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery

Job Title

The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating patient functional status.

Job Responsibilities

Utilizes the nursing process in caring for assigned patients.

Completes assessment and individualizes plan of care within established unit/nursing guidelines.

Considers cultural and psychosocial factors and ages of individual patients in nursing care.

Organizes, prioritizes, and performs nursing skills appropriate for the patient population.

Anticipates patient/unit needs.

Demonstrates a sound knowledge base: Bio-psychosocial.

Delegates and communicates effectively and appropriately.

Demonstrates professional judgment in response to changing patient/unit situations.

Documents steps of the nursing process/care on the appropriate record.

Records data concisely, consistently, accurately, and legibly.

Utilizes correct medical terminology abbreviations.

Addresses problems and progress toward outcomes according to unit/nursing policy.

Facilitates patient teaching discharge.

Makes timely, appropriate referrals.

Utilizes resources in planning and presenting patient education, considering patient age and cultural/psychosocial factors.

Collaborates with other disciplines as appropriate.

Supports unit/hospital goals through PI and educational activities.

Attends mandatory in-services and meets unit education standards.

Accurately completes variance reports.

Decision Making: Utilizes independent judgment in planning the sequence of operations and making minor decisions in a complex technical or professional field.

Working Relationship: Works directly with patients and/or customers, internal/external customers, and other healthcare professionals and staff.

Required Skills & Experience

Zero (0) - six (6) months of related experience.

Experience with electronic health record systems.

Working knowledge of disease state management processes, bio-psychosocial model, and clinical pathways.

Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.

Ability to organize and prioritize work in an effective and efficient manner.

Attention to detail as required in the examination of clinical and numerical data.

Preferred Skills & Experience

Experience with specific electronic health record systems.

Required Education

Completion of basic professional curriculum of a school of nursing as approved and verified by a state board of nursing and holds or is entitled to hold a diploma or degree therefrom.

Required Certification & Licensure

Valid multi-state or State Registered Nurse License.

BLS, NRP & proof of instruction/passage of Intermediate FH Monitoring.

Shift

Experience in Cesarean Section, Labor and Delivery, and related areas.

Start

Experience with team-based birthing practices.