Labor & Delivery RN – LDRP & OR Circulation
Nampa, ID
Malone Healthcare - Nursing
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

***will accept 1 year experience***.

- # of LDRP Beds: 14 LDRP- patients stay in the same room.

- # of OR Suites on the unit for C-Sections: 2 suites- RNs will circulate and recover.

- # of Triage beds: 4- travelers will staff.

- # of Births per day? Month? Year?: 90/month, 1200/year.

- Do you follow AWHONN guidelines for ratios?: Follow AWHONN Staffing Standards.

1:1 labor unless pairing 2 cervical ripening patients.

Postpartum is 1:3 couplets care.

Triage 1:3, if get up to 4pts will utilize Resource nurse.

- Required Certifications: NPR, BLS, ACLS, STABLE.

- Common diagnoses/Types of patients: 32 week gestation and greater, HTN-getting mag, BACs, TOLACs, some gestational diabetes, community has a lot of home birth midwives so a lot of the population comes in for medical intervention and pain control.

Do have some antepartum patients.

Do not take placenta previa or placenta accreta.

Serve a very diverse population.

- Experience or 'Must have' skills: Must have 3 years of L&D experience, Must have mother baby experience- prefer 1 year, Okay with a first time traveler.

Must have experience and be able to attend deliveries and complete 1 hour of newborn care, triage, Circulate C/S, and provide Postpartum Couplet Care.

Must have experience with magnesium.

Charge nurse experience preferred.

- Are RNs required to titrate drips?: Yes.

- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: Yes – Pitocin Protocol, Magnesium Protocol, Insulin drips (occasionally).

- Is there a Charge Nurse on each shift? Does the charge nurse take an assignment?: Admin Supervisor on every shift.

Charge RNs do not take an assignment.

Also have a resource RN and triage RN.