Labor and Delivery RN
Phoenix, AZ
Travel Nurses, Inc.
3x12 hrs

Labor and Delivery RN

Overview

• Travel/Contract role in Phoenix, Arizona
• Night shift: 3x12 hours, 19:00–7:30
• 36 hours per week
• Ratios: 1–2 couplets
• Local candidates accepted
• First-time travelers may be considered with at least 5 years of experience
• May occasionally float to PostPartum if within scope
• Unit areas mentioned: Antepartum, LDRP, Mother/Baby

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Arizona
• Labor and Delivery (3 years of experience)
• Labor and Delivery experience within the last year
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• AWHONN Intermediate
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NRP
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Assist with sterile speculum exam (effacement, dilation, station, presentation)
• NST (Non Stress Tests)
• Use of EFM (External Fetal Heart Monitoring)
• Use of External & Internal Fetal Monitoring
• Use of IUPC (Intrauterine pressure catheter) placement and calibration
• Recognition and Treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
• Administration of blood & blood products
• Amnioinfusion
• Assist with high risk delivery
• Assist with vaginal delivery

Preferred Qualifications

• AWHONN Advanced
• C-EFM
• RNC-OB

Required Skills

• Sterile speculum exam assistance
• NST
• Reflex checks, edema assessment, and clonus
• Sterile vaginal exam
• External fetal heart monitoring
• External and internal fetal monitoring
• IUPC placement and calibration
• Recognition and treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
• Blood and blood product administration
• Venous blood draw
• Peripheral IV start and maintenance
• Infusion pumps, drips, and IV monitoring
• Medication administration
• Postpartum care and procedures
• Amnioinfusion
• High risk delivery assistance
• Vaginal delivery assistance
• C-section circulation
• Forceps/vacuum extraction
• Hemorrhage/shock care
• C-section recovery
• Neonatal care in delivery room
• Cord care
• Discharge teaching to parents
• Infant identification
• Newborn assessment
• Newborn hypoglycemia
• Epidural anesthesia, general anesthesia, and pain assessment/management
• Postpartum care for vaginal delivery, cesarean section, couplet care, multiple births, postpartum hemorrhage, and pregnancy induced hypertension
• Isolation precautions, PPE, and vaccine administration

Preferred Skills

• Facility births/month >300
• High Risk Antepartum
• Amniocentesis assistance
• Triage of obstetrical patients
• Spiral electrode placement
• Circumcision assistance and post-op site assessment
• Car seat education
• Metabolic screen
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
• Phototherapy
• Circumcision care teaching to parents
• PCA (IV) use
• Cervical cerclage
• D & C
• Tubal ligation
• Transition newborn
• Level III L&D

Schedule Requirements

• Minimum of 3 weekend shifts per month
• On-call not required
• Block scheduling not accepted