Labor & Delivery Float Registered Nurse
Albuquerque, NM
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: FBC/L&D RN

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Employment Type: Clinical - Nursing
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

• Floating between departments and/or local locations within 20 miles is required.

Antepartum Responsibilities

• Assess all triage patients >20 weeks gestation.
• Use obstetric triage acuity tools.
• Labor assessment and evaluation.
• Fetal evaluation and assessment.
• Evaluate for labor at term, preterm labor signs, preeclampsia symptoms, rupture of membranes, decreased fetal movement, vaginal bleeding, and acute/critical conditions (e.g., MVA, abruptio placentae).
• Stabilize patients with emergency medical conditions for delivery or transfer to higher level of care as needed.

Intrapartum Responsibilities

• Labor assessment, evaluation, and care.
• Fetal evaluation and assessment.
• Prepare expectant mother for safe delivery.
• Administer medications including Pitocin, misoprostol, methergine, hemabate, magnesium sulfate, terbutaline, labetalol, nifedipine, hydralazine, insulin.
• Immediate stabilization of newborn and administration of newborn medications.
• Prepare for scheduled or emergency cesarean delivery.

Postpartum/Newborn Responsibilities

• Assess and care for postpartum patients (vaginal and cesarean deliveries) and newborns.
• Newborn care includes hearing screening, assisting with lab draws, IV starts and care, medication administration (hep B, vitamin K, erythromycin, antibiotics), assisting with circumcisions, care of opiate withdrawal newborns, stabilization of critically ill newborns for transport, phototherapy, and hypoglycemia care.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in New Mexico
• Minimum 2 years of Labor and Delivery experience, including experience within the last year
• Postpartum experience
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• BLS certification issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification
• AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certification

Additional Information

• EPIC experience preferred but training available on-site.
• Prior travel experience is not explicitly required.