Register Nurse|| L&D|| Odessa,Texas
DirectShifts
Odessa, TX, USA
Posted on May 3, 2023
Job Description
We are looking for a caring, dedicated labor and delivery nurse to join our team of physicians, midwives, and other professionals in caring for women during their pregnancy, labor, and birth. The Labor and Delivery Nurse assists the physician or midwife with all aspects of pregnancy and birth, assists surgeons during caesarian sections, and cares for women who experience complications with their pregnancies or birthing processes.
Labor and Delivery Nurse Responsibilities:
- Meeting with expectant mothers for prenatal visits and providing care for normal and problematic pregnancies.
- Teaching childbirth preparation classes.
- Providing information, guidance, and hands-on clinical care to pregnant women.
- Monitoring fetal heartbeat and length and strength of contractions during labor.
- Coaching women, assisting with any complications and administering medications during birth.
- Performing tests on newborns after birth.
- Providing guidance to new mothers on all aspects of recovery and infant care.
- Using equipment and administering medications related to labor, delivery, and the care of newborns
Requirements:
- Experience Notes: A facility in Odessa, Texas is looking for a Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse (RN). Must have minimum 2 years of experience in current field. Must
- have Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ACLS) and Intermediate Fetal Monitoring. Travel
- Certifications: ACLS, ACLS Instructor, AWHONN-Fetal Monitoring, BLS, BLS Instructor, NRP
- Exams: Annual CORE, Annual Core II, Annual Core II (Allied), ECG Recognition, RN Pharmacology, Specialty Exam
- Medical Records: COVID-19 Prescreening, Drug Screen, Fit Test, Flu Vaccine, Flu Vaccine Declination, Hep B Declination, Hep B Titer, Hep B Vaccination, Ishihara Color
- Deficiency Assessment, MMR, MMR Titer, PAPR Clearance, Physical, PPD, Quantiferon Gold/TSpot/Chest X-Ray, TB Questionnaire, Tdap, Tdap
- Declination, Varicella, Varicella Titer
Shift time: 7pm to 7:30pm