Travel Nurse RN - Post Partum - $2,484 per week at Grant Memorial Hospital
Petersburg, WV 26847
About the Job
- Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NRP, Fetal Monitoring Certification.
Certification Details
- Small West Virginia Hospital is in need of a travel nurse to work a contract in their OB.
- Department does about 25 births a month on average.
Job Details
- ACLS (AHA), BLS (AHA), NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) Verification
- Required Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NRP, Fetal Monitoring Certification.
- Experience: 3 years experience working in LDRP.
- Ok with 1st time travelers.
- Must be comfortable not having MDs in house, only on call, no OR staff in house.
- Need to be comfortable making decisions on their own and have good critical thinking skills.
- RNs required to titrate drips: Yes
- Are there nurse aids/surgical techs on this unit?: Yes, there 1 aide.
Job Requirements
- Shifts & Scheduling: 12 hour shifts 7-7.
- Weekend Requirements: Every other weekend- Fri, Sat, Sun.
- Holiday Requirements: Rotate holidays with perm staff, for Christmas will have to work the eve or day.
- Floating Requirements?: No
- Unit/Department specific orientation: 2 shifts of orientation 1 day shift and 1 night shift if on overnights.
Schedule Information
- Department: LDRP | RN
- # L&D Beds: 3
- # OR Suites on the unit for C-Sections: 1- located in OR not on unit L&D go.
- # Triage beds: ER does initial triage. They do have 4 total observation beds (2 semi private rooms)
- # Postpartum beds: 8 total- 4 semi-private rooms.
- # Births per day? Month? Year?: 240 per year or average of 20 per month, typically 4-5 births per week.
- Do you follow AWHONN guidelines for ratios: They do their best to follow AWHONN guidelines
- Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Low risk we deliver 34 weeks and above.
- RNs required to titrate drips: Yes
- Charge Nurse/House Supervisor: Does the charge nurse take an assignment? Night shift coordinator in ER utilized as a resource- they will not have L&D experience.
- OB/Neonatologist in house 24/7: No- on call 24/7. 1 OB and 1 Pediatrician.
- Anesthesia in house 24/7: Only for C-sections, OB does own epidurals.
- RT Equipment: RT in house 24/7 but no vents or CPAP for neonates.
- Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit: Post op C-section patients wear tele, but the RN does not monitor strips- PACU monitors for 1 hour and SCU unit will monitor for 23 hours.
- EFM System: Philips, IntelliSpace Perinatal-fetal monitoring surveillance.
- EMR: MedHost.
Unit Specific Information
- This is for a full time night shift RN in the Mother Infant Care Center.
- Every other weekend required.
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