Registered Nurse - L&D

Labor and Delivery Unit

Unit: L&D/PP/MB - L&D Beds: 4 (separate from postpartum beds). OR Suites on the unit for C-Sections? 0, OR does their c-sections. Triage beds: 0- One of the L&D rooms we use for triage. Postpartum beds: 4. Births per day? Month? Year? 0-4/day, 40-50/month, 554 in 2022. Do you follow AWHONN guidelines for ratios? Yes. Required Certifications (i.e., BLS, ACLS?): BLS, NRP. Preferred AWHONN EFM (intermediate, or advance), stable, ACLS. Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Term labor, gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, induction of labor, SROM, term newborn, late preterm newborn, newborn jaundice. 35 weeks and above. We have a nursery. No NICU. Infants under 35 weeks are shipped and infants between 35-37 weeks are evaluated, stabilized and sometimes kept in our hospital if stable.

Experience or 'Must have' skills: Must have triage, labor and delivery, recovery, postpartum, newborn stabilization, newborn care experience. Prefer charge experience. Are RNs required to titrate drips? Yes. Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Pitocin, Magnesium, insulin, TXA. Charge Nurse/House Supervisor? Does the charge nurse take an assignment? Yes, ideally out of staffing. Are there nurse aids/surgical techs on this unit? Nursing aids, they work 12 hours but are not scheduled every day. OB/Neonatologist in house 24/7? No, on call 24/7. Peds on call. CNM's and providers. Anesthesia in house 24/7? No, on call 24/7. RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc.): Neopuff, CPAP, hi-flow available. Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors? Client monitors for EFM System, Obix for documentation.