RN - Labor and Delivery

Unit Notes
- Unit: L&D/PP
- # L&D Beds: 14 beds
- # triage beds: 6 triage beds, 2 OR suites
- # Postpartum beds: 28 beds
- # births per day, per year: 250 births per month
- Certs: ACLS, BLS, Fetal HM - AWOHNN (adv) for L&D, BLS, NRP required for Postpartum
- Ratios: 2 to 1 laboring, follow AWOHNN guidelines, 1 to 4 couplet care
- FHM System: Fetal Link
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: yes - they try not to take a patient assignment
- Nurse Aides/OB tech: OB tech - yes, day and night shift
- Weekend Requirement: every other
- Call Requirement: no - may have to be on standby
- Holidays: they will work them in with perm staff rotation
- Scrub Color: Nurses - navy for PP, ob tech and L&D nurses - seal blue (provided)
- Vents: No
- OB/Neonataologist in house: No but available if needed
- IV Team: No
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Shifts: 12 hr shifts - 7a-7p or 7p-7a
- C-section experience required: Will be required to circulate for c-sections. Scrubbing experience is preferred.
- Floor specific orientation: 3 shifts


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