Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Spearfish, SD
Malone Healthcare - Nursing
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Beds: 8

• Will you accept a traveler with 1-year experience? No, unless it is specific to L&D

• Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes, with L&D experience

• Travelers must live >100 miles away from facility

• Permanent staff must wait 1 full year to return as a traveler

• Patient Types:
• L&D, postpartum, Antepartum, Newborns, Infants <28 days old

• Level 2A Nursery - will care for sick babies

• Gyn-Surgicals/Mastectomy post-op - preferred experience - if candidate is not comfortable with these, other staff may be able to take

• Patient Ratios:
• Laboring: 1:2

• Couplets: 1:3-4

• Required Certifications:
• BLS, ACLS, NRP

• Required Education:
• Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing

• Skills required:
• EFM interpretation and intervention, adult and neonatal assessment skills

• Support on the Unit:
• CNA : none specific to L&D, o/c for facility 24/7

• Charge nurse: 1 in hospital covers all units

• Phlebotomy? Lab available, 24/7

• IV/VAT Team? No

• Centralized Fetal Monitoring

• Resource Nurse: Primary nurse, manager, or charge nurse

• RT: Available and o/c facility wide

• Hospitalist: In house (Med/Surg)

• Nursery located behind Nurses station

• Charting System: Epic

• Floating Required:
• Med/surg - as helping hands/in the role of a CNA

• Could be floated within scope of practice and below

• Orientation: (facility and unit)
• Per experience-traveler nurse, typically 1 week

• Scheduling:
• Weekend rotation: every other weekend

• Will they be on call? If so, what is that schedule? LOC per census and LOC rotation

• Holiday Expectations: 3 holidays scheduled, 1 on-call, rotating schedule

• Approval of time off? 2 gold tickets/year and request off before next schedule is posted

• Other notes:
• Scrub Color: Hospital provided scrubs

• Free Parking? Yes