Labor and Delivery RN
Defiance, OH
Access Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights

Labor and Delivery

Overview

• Travel/Contract role in Defiance, Ohio
• Night shift: 3x12 hours, 19:00–7:30
• 36 hours per week
• Every other weekend
• 13-week contract
• Unit details: average daily census 4, 13 rooms, 10 beds
• Patient age groups: Neonates, Infants, Adults
• Staffing ratio: 1:3 on days, nights, and weekends
• Floating required within scope of practice
• Scrubs provided

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Ohio
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Labor and Delivery (2 years of experience)
• Labor and Delivery experience within the last year
• Experience in an Acute Care setting
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Procedure
• Experience with Epic
• Ohio BCI and FBI fingerprint results within 12 months of start
• 2 professional references within 2 years of start, with at least 1 from a leader
• Skills checklist
• Background check, education verification, EPLS/GSA/SAM, HHS/OIG, drug screen, physical exam, fit test, TB screening, and required immunization/documentation compliance

Work Setting

• Antepartum
• LDRP
• Level 1 Nursery
• Low Risk
• Mother/Baby

Core Clinical Experience

• Antepartum care and procedures, including sterile speculum exam, NST, reflex/edema/clonus assessment, sterile vaginal exam, obstetrical triage, and EFM use
• Care of patients with asthma, cardiac disease, COVID, diabetes mellitus, HELLP syndrome, HIV, infectious disease, malpresentations, multiple gestation, neurological disease, placenta previa/abruptio, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, preterm labor, RH incompatibilities, seizure disorder, substance abuse, uterine rupture, and VBAC management/trial of labor
• Cardiac monitoring and emergency care, including adult cardiac arrest, infant/neonatal arrest, and Rapid Response/Code team use
• Fetal monitoring, including recognition and treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns, external fetal monitoring, internal fetal monitoring, and IUPC use
• IV therapy/phlebotomy, including blood and blood product administration, venous blood draws, starting and maintaining IVs, and infusion pumps/drips/IV monitoring
• Medication administration, including anticoagulation therapy, antihypertensives, antiseizure medications, magnesium sulfate therapy, Pitocin, prostaglandins, and terbutaline
• Labor and delivery management, including amnioinfusion, high-risk delivery assistance, vaginal delivery assistance, forceps/vacuum extraction, hemorrhage/shock management, and C-section recovery
• Neonatal care in the delivery room, including APGAR scores, baby nurse support, cord sample collection, ID/security banding, neonatal resuscitation, and radiant warmer/thermoregulation use
• Newborn care, including circumcision support and site assessment, car seat education, cord care, discharge teaching, infant identification, metabolic screening, neonatal abstinence syndrome, newborn assessment, newborn hypoglycemia, phototherapy, circumcision care teaching, and thermoregulation
• Pain management, including epidural anesthesia, general anesthesia, nitrous oxide, opioids, pain assessment/management, and PCA use
• Postpartum care and procedures, including breastfeeding/lactation support, Foley catheter insertion/management, fundus/lochia/perineum care, electric/manual breast pump use, and wound care assessment
• Postpartum care of patients with C-section, bladder distension, couplet care, multiple births, postpartum hemorrhage, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and vaginal delivery
• Isolation precautions/PPE and vaccine administration

Preferred

• None stated