L&D RN
Meridian, ID
ADN Healthcare
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Labor and Delivery RN

Location

• Meridian, Idaho

Contract

• 13 weeks
• 12-hour night shifts
• 48 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• RN license
• BLS
• ACLS
• NRP
• Stable certification, taken at least once
• AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring
• Experience in labor and delivery, postpartum, and circulating
• Must be able to titrate drips

Preferred Experience

• Triage experience

Schedule

• Weekend shifts based on unit needs
• Holiday shifts based on unit needs
• No call or standby requirement
• Cannot work more than five shifts in a row

Floating

• Required to float to like units within the valley
• May also float as a sitter in medical-surgical or emergency department settings

Unit Details

• Labor and delivery unit with 10 beds
• 2 operating rooms for C-sections
• 4 triage beds
• 10 postpartum beds
• About 120 births per month
• AWHONN staffing standards are followed, primarily 1:1 in labor and delivery and 1:6 couple care in postpartum

Clinical Environment

• Common patients include laboring patients at 32 weeks and greater, elective and medical inductions, stable antepartum patients, postpartum patients, and well newborns
• Pitocin is the primary titratable drip; magnesium is also used, and insulin is rarely used
• Charge RN, Resource RN, and House Supervisor are on each shift
• CNA support is available on the floor several days and nights per week
• Unit clerk is available 24/7
• OB hospitalist is in house 24/7
• Midwives are always on call
• Neonatal NP is in house 24/7
• Neonatologist is on call and available within 15 minutes
• CRNA is in house 24/7

Orientation

• 4 to 6 shifts of customized unit orientation

Dress Code

• Blue scrubs provided on the unit