Labor and Delivery RN
Milwaukee, WI
TalentBurst, Inc
3x12 hrs, Days

Title: Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse

Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin 53233

Duration: 13 Weeks

Shift: 12hr Day Shift (36)Shift Information: 0700-1930
Clinical Interviewing- YesOn Call, Call Back Requirements: No on call, need to be available for call-back if low censusedWeekend Rotation: EOWHoliday Requirements: Every other based on needFloating Requirements: As needed to Post-Partum 

About Facility  

• Level IV Trauma Center 
• Level III NICU 
• Level III Perinatal Center 
• Accreta Center of Excellence 
• Advance Comprehensive Stroke Center 
• Teaching hospital 
• Beds: 228 
• Covid vaccine required 

General Information 

• Beds: 20 

Experience: 2 years 
First-time traveler: NO 

• Required: Must have Level III Perinatal Care Experience
  • Provided care for high-risk mothers/newborns 
  • Will not accept any travelers without this experience (no exceptions) 

Patient Types: 

• High risk mothers/newborns 
• Knowledgeable in placenta accreta (able to support), tubal ligation, cerclage, hysterectomies, assist as secondary nurse for C-section deliveries, circulate in vaginal delivers, surgical recovery, care for newborns, massive transfusions, pre-eclampsia, COVID 
• 280 deliveries per month on average 
• No circulation for C-sections as primary nurse 

Covid & PPE: 

• Will be fit-tested at facility 
• Single use PPE 
• CAPR/PAPR available 

Patient Ratios: 

• 1:1-2 Active Labor 
• 1:3 Antepartum 
• Follows AWHONN staffing guidelines 

Required Certifications: 

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

Skills required 

• RN: Fetal monitoring, maternal assessments/interventions, high risk newborns/mothers post-delivery, cervical exams for labor progression, OB triage, able to assist with circulating c-sections, primary nurse for vaginal deliveries, assist with procedures, post-partum, L&D recoveries 
• OB Tech – scrub c-sections, draw cord gases and blood at deliveries, and perform stocking, delivery set up, room set up, and Health Unit Coordinator tasks on the unit 

Support on the Unit: 

• Charge nurse: patient assignment based on staffing 
• Clinical Resource Nurse 
• Phlebotomy: lab draws (shared role with RN) 
• RT, house supervisor, certified nurse midwives, OBGYN Providers, OB anesthesia onsite 24/7 
• Teaching hospital with OBGYN residents, family practice docs, and midwives 

      Charting System/Equipment: 

• EPIC 
• Alaris 
• Pyxis 
• Fetal Monitoring 
• Epidural Pumps 

      Floating: 

• Postpartum 
• Women's Care Center (another inpatient unit) 
  • Inpatient women that have had procedures done (non-pregnant) 
• Travelers will float first 

      Orientation: 

• First Day: 
  • Meet with NM for NEO onboarding 
  • Rest of the day, on the unit for training 
• Second Day: 
  • Training with preceptor 
• Third Day: 
  • Assigned a work buddy 
  • Will have own patient assignment 

Scheduling: 

• No set schedules 
• Must be available to work 7 days a week 
• Plugged into the schedule where traveler is needed
• Every other weekend, block scheduling, patterned scheduling not guaranteed 
  •         Attempt to try to make it happen 
• RTO: Email NM Cassandra Belotti 
• On-Call: none, only for low census and could be called back in 
• Holiday Expectations: Every other holiday, based on start date 

Other notes: 

• Scrub Color: Provided 
• Parking: Free designated areas

 

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