Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery - Per Diem

Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

Saint Francis Healthcare is looking for experienced Per Diem Registered Nurses to join the team on our Labor and Delivery floor!

The staff nurse is a registered professional who plans and renders nursing care within an assigned nursing unit. He/she gives direct patient care and maintains clinical records reflecting the patient's condition, medication, treatment, examination, and progress according to the Delaware Nursing Practice Act and St. Francis Hospital's policies and procedures.

Responsibilities include:

* Completes a comprehensive assessment of women during the antepartum period experiencing complications of pregnancy including preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, pregnancy-induced hypertension, diabetes, bleeding and infection.

* Completes a comprehensive perinatal nursing assessment on pregnant women admitted to labor-delivery-recovery unit on admission.

* Assesses the woman's educational needs during the intrapartum period and provides appropriate information to the woman and her family.

* Plans and delivers care to women who experience labor and birth without complications.

* Plans and delivers care to women with perinatal and/or medical complications including pregnancy-induced hypertension, preterm labor, bleeding in pregnancy, and multiple gestations.

* Provides supportive care to the woman and her family in situations involving fetal loss or fetal abnormalities.

* Plans and delivers care to women who labor without analgesia/anesthesia.

Minimum Qualifications:

* Current Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Delaware or valid temporary permit.

* BSN preferred

* BLS required; NRP within (6) months of employment

* At least 2-3 years' experience in Labor and Delivery

* RNC preferred.

* Ability to scrub and circulate for C-sections

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