RN L&D

Travel Registered Nurse Labor & Delivery (L&D)

Seeking an experienced Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse to provide comprehensive, evidence-based care to high-risk mothers and newborns. The RN will deliver safe, compassionate care while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team in a Level III Perinatal Center.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 13-Week Contract

Facility Highlights:

• Location: Milwaukee, WI
• 228-bed teaching hospital
• Level IV Trauma Center
• Level III NICU
• Level III Perinatal Center
• Accreta Center of Excellence
• Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center
• COVID vaccine required

Unit Information:

• 20-bed Labor & Delivery unit
• Minimum 2 years of recent L&D experience required
• First-time travelers not accepted
• EMR: Epic

Required Experience:

• Level III Perinatal Care experience is mandatory (no exceptions). Candidates must have experience caring for:
• High-risk mothers and newborns
• Placenta accreta patients
• Massive transfusions
• Pre-eclampsia and COVID-positive patients
• Surgical recovery and postpartum care
• Vaginal deliveries and C-section support

Required Certifications:

• BLS
• NRP
• FHM (Fetal Heart Monitoring)

Required Skills:

• Fetal monitoring
• Maternal assessments and interventions
• Cervical exams and labor progression assessment
• OB triage
• Postpartum and L&D recovery care
• High-risk maternal/newborn care
• Assist with circulating C-sections
• Primary nurse for vaginal deliveries
• Procedure assistance

Patient Ratios:

• Active Labor: 1:12
• Antepartum: 1:3
• Staffing follows AWHNN guidelines

Support Services:

• Charge Nurse
• Clinical Resource Nurse
• Respiratory Therapy
• House Supervisor
• Certified Nurse Midwives
• OBGYN Providers
• OB Anesthesia available 24/7
• Shared phlebotomy responsibilities

Equipment:

• Epic
• Alaris Pumps
• Pyxis
• Fetal Monitoring Systems
• Epidural Pumps

Floating:

• Required to float to:
• Postpartum
• Women's Care Center
• Inpatient Women's Unit
• Travelers float first.

Schedule:

• No guaranteed block scheduling
• Must be available 7 days/week
• Every other weekend required
• Every other holiday based on start date

Orientation:

• Day 1: Hospital onboarding and unit orientation
• Day 2: Preceptor training
• Day 3: Work buddy with patient assignment

Additional Information:

• Free parking available
• Scrubs provided
• Single-use PPE supplied
• CAPR/PAPR available