Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Espanola, NM
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary: Labor and Delivery Clinical Nurse (Antepartum/Intrapartum/Postpartum) Espanola, New Mexico. The position provides clinical assessment, evaluation, stabilization, and medication administration for obstetric triage patients, laboring patients, and postpartum/newborn patients. Responsibilities include fetal assessment, preparation for safe delivery (including scheduled or emergency cesarean delivery), immediate newborn stabilization, and newborn care. Candidates are required to bring their license on the first day.

Job Details:

• Schedule: Nights, 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Current nursing experience (2 years); Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN); State of New Mexico or Compact State nursing license; Basic Life Support (BLS); Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP); AWHONN Intermediate or advanced fetal monitoring certifications; Demonstrated competence in labor assessment, fetal evaluation, stabilization of patients, medication administration, and obstetric triage acuity tools.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with EPIC (can train on-site).
• Additional Information: Floating between departments and/or local locations within 20 miles may be required.
• Additional Information: Antepartum responsibilities include assessing triage patients greater than 20 weeks, using obstetric triage acuity tools, labor assessment and evaluation, fetal evaluation and assessment, and evaluation for conditions including signs of preeclampsia, rupture of membranes, decreased fetal movement, preterm premature rupture of membranes, vaginal bleeding, and acute or critical conditions. If an emergency medical condition is determined to exist, stabilization is required for delivery or transfer to a higher level of care as needed.
  Intrapartum responsibilities include labor assessment, evaluation, and care; fetal evaluation and assessment; preparation of the expectant mother for safe delivery; administration of medications including Pitocin, misoprostol, methergine, hemabate, magnesium sulfate, terbutaline, labetalol, nifedipine, hydralazine, and insulin; immediate stabilization of the newborn; administration of newborn medications; and preparation for scheduled or emergency cesarean delivery.
  Postpartum/newborn responsibilities include assessment and care of postpartum (vaginal and cesarean deliveries) and newborn patients, including newborn care such as hearing screening, assisting with laboratory draws, IV starts and care, medication administration (including Hep B, vitamin K, erythromycin, and antibiotics), assistance with circumcisions, care of opiate withdrawal newborns, stabilization of critically ill newborns for transport, phototherapy, and hypoglycemia care.

Benefits: The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits