Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Seattle, WA
Med Ninjas
3x12 hrs, Nights

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) – Labor and Delivery is responsible for providing comprehensive nursing care to pregnant patients during labor, delivery, and the immediate postpartum period. The RN monitors maternal and fetal well-being, supports safe childbirth, administers medications, and collaborates with obstetricians and the healthcare team to ensure high-quality patient care.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess and monitor maternal health, vital signs, uterine contractions, and fetal heart rate throughout labor and delivery.

• Provide direct nursing care to patients during labor, vaginal delivery, cesarean sections, and the immediate postpartum period.

• Perform initial patient assessments and develop individualized nursing care plans based on maternal and fetal needs.

• Monitor fetal heart tracings and recognize abnormal patterns, promptly notifying the provider of any concerns.

• Assist physicians and midwives during labor, delivery, and obstetric procedures.

• Administer prescribed medications, IV fluids, and other treatments according to physician orders and hospital protocols.

• Monitor for obstetric emergencies, including fetal distress, postpartum hemorrhage, preeclampsia, and eclampsia, and initiate appropriate interventions.

• Provide emotional support, labor coaching, pain management, and patient education to expectant mothers and their families.

• Assist with epidural management and monitor patients receiving anesthesia in collaboration with the anesthesia team.

• Provide immediate newborn care and coordinate with neonatal staff when additional support is required.

• Monitor postpartum patients for bleeding, uterine tone, vital signs, and other potential complications.

• Maintain accurate documentation of assessments, fetal monitoring, medications, procedures, and patient responses.

• Collaborate with obstetricians, anesthesiologists, midwives, neonatal nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

• Educate patients and families on childbirth, breastfeeding, postpartum recovery, and newborn care.

• Follow infection prevention protocols, patient safety standards, and hospital policies.

• Participate in shift handoffs, bedside reporting, and ongoing quality improvement activities.

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.

• Previous Labor and Delivery nursing experience, typically 1–2 years or as specified by the facility.

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification, as required by the facility.

• Advanced fetal monitoring and electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) experience.

• Strong assessment, communication, critical-thinking, and emergency response skills.

• Ability to work 12-hour shifts, nights, weekends, holidays, and rotating schedules as required.