Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse
Milwaukee, WI
PRIDE Health
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: RN - Labor & Delivery (L&D)

Position Details

• Employment Type: Contractor
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Location: Milwaukee, WI
• Unit: Labor & Delivery (L&D)
• Beds on Unit: 20
• Facility Type: Level IV Trauma Center, Level III NICU, Level III Perinatal Center, Accreta Center of Excellence, Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center, Teaching Hospital
• Total Facility Beds: 228
• COVID-19 Vaccine: Required

Experience & Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of experience required
• Must have Level III Perinatal Care experience (no exceptions)
• Experience providing care for high-risk mothers and newborns
• First-time travelers not accepted

Patient Population

• High-risk mothers and newborns
• Conditions and procedures include:

  • Placenta accreta support
  • Tubal ligation
  • Cerclage
  • Hysterectomies
  • Assisting as secondary nurse for C-section deliveries
  • Circulating in vaginal deliveries
  • Surgical recovery
  • Care for newborns
  • Massive transfusions
  • Pre-eclampsia
  • COVID-19 related care

Patient Ratios

• 1:1-2 for Active Labor
• 1:3 for Antepartum
• Staffing follows AWHONN guidelines

Certifications Required

• RN: BLS, NRP, FHM
• OB Tech: BLS, CST

Skills Required

• RN:

  • Fetal monitoring
  • Maternal assessments and interventions
  • Care for high-risk newborns and mothers post-delivery
  • Cervical exams for labor progression
  • OB triage
  • Assist with circulating C-sections (not primary circulation)
  • Primary nurse for vaginal deliveries
  • Assist with procedures, postpartum care, and L&D recoveries
• OB Tech:

  • Scrub C-sections
  • Draw cord gases and blood at deliveries
  • Stocking, delivery set up, room set up
  • Health Unit Coordinator tasks on the unit

Unit Support

• Charge nurse manages patient assignments
• Clinical Resource Nurse available
• Phlebotomy shared role with RN
• RT, house supervisor, certified nurse midwives, OBGYN providers, and OB anesthesia onsite 24/7

Equipment & Charting

• EPIC electronic health record system
• Alaris infusion pumps
• Pyxis medication dispensing system
• Fetal monitoring equipment
• Epidural pumps

Floating Assignments

• Postpartum unit
• Women’s Care Center (inpatient unit for non-pregnant women who have had procedures)
• Travelers will float first

Orientation

• Day 1: Meet with Nurse Manager for onboarding, unit training
• Day 2: Training with preceptor
• Day 3: Assigned a work buddy and own patient assignment

Scheduling

• No set schedules; must be available to work 7 days a week
• Scheduling is flexible and based on unit needs
• Every other weekend off (attempted scheduling)
• Every other holiday off, based on start date
• On-call: Six 4-hour call blocks per 6-week schedule

Additional Information

• Scrub color provided
• Free designated parking available
• PPE: Single-use PPE provided, CAPR/PAPR available, fit-testing done onsite