Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery - $2,680 per week
Company: Riverside University Health Systems - 26520 Cactus
Location: Moreno Valley
Posted on: October 17, 2024
Job Description:
- Certification Details
- ACLS
- BLS
- CA RN License
- Fetal heart monitoring
- NRP
- Job Details
- Assesses patients on admission within specified time frames to
include consideration of physical, psychosocial, cultural and
spiritual needs
- Reassess each patient's health needs whenever warranted by the
patient's condition and at least every shift utilizing the nursing
processes after obtaining a systematic database
- Establishes a plan of care based on indefinite data from all
appropriate sources
- Reviews and updates the plan of care for each assigned patient
utilizing data obtained from reassessments.
- Administers oral, topical, and parental medications utilizing
the 7 rights
- Assesses and documents effectiveness/untoward effects of
medications and treatments.
- Performs treatments and procedures with consideration of common
nursing practice, hospital policy and procedure, sterile technique,
standard precautions, and patient privacy
- Documents response to care and addresses pain management,
discharge planning needs, education, and progress towards
goals.
- Educates patient/family based on his/her assessed needs and
uses 'Krames' where appropriate
- Interprets or analyzes diagnostic data and reports, and
intervenes appropriately
- Promptly communicates changes in patients' clinical condition
to physicians and other health care team members as
appropriate.
- Uses SBAR communication for all handoffs
- Demonstrates consideration of patient rights including
confidentiality, safety, and patient participation in plan of
care
- Evaluates and documents patient care provided and the
effectiveness of patient teaching
- Participates in multidisciplinary care planning
- Demonstrates knowledge of application criteria for restraints
and the ability to manage patients in restraints per policy
- Follows the National Patient Safety Goals
- Follows hospital policy on use of two patient identifiers
- Understands Disaster Plan and own role
- Completes orientation to Life Safety Standards - Code Blue,
Code Pink (infant abduction, Haz Mat Spills, Code Red (Fire),
Oxygen shut off valve.
- Follows hospital infection control policies.
- Demonstrates knowledge of blood transfusion policy and
documentation
- Understand the Chain of Command and accesses it
appropriately
- Familiar with Labor and Delivery policies and routine
- Demonstrates appropriate management of the patient in
labor
- Demonstrates appropriate management of newborn immediately post
delivery
- Utilizes APGAR scale to assess the neonate within the first
five minutes of birth
- Able to recognize signs and symptoms of fetal distress and
performs standard nursing interventions
- Documents appropriate data on the Labor & Delivery flow sheet,
and other forms used in the Labor and Delivery area
- Able to assist the physician with placement of UIPC and fetal
scalp Electrode
- Reviews fetal monitor strips ongoing for signs of fetal
distress
- Able to apply the external fetal monitor and position the sono
and toco-transducer correctly to monitor Fetal Heart Tones and
Uterine Activity
- Identifies changes in patient condition (fetal distress,
Magnesium hypertoxicity, etc.) and notifies the physician as
appropriate
- Accurately assesses DTR's and Magnesium Sulfate level during
the management of patients receiving Magnesium Sulfate for pre-term
labor and PIH
- Job Requirements
- ACLS
- BLS
- CA RN License
- Fetal heart monitoring
- NRP
- 3 YRS Recent L&D experience in acute care facility
- Schedule Information
- 1 DAYS SHIFT
Keywords: Riverside University Health Systems - 26520 Cactus, Upland , Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery - $2,680 per week, Healthcare , Moreno Valley, California
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