Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Ketchum, ID
Talent4Health
3x12 hrs, Nights

L&D (Labor and Delivery) 2 years exp required

Unit Overview

Department: Women’s Services – LDRP (Floor 2)
Position: RN – L&D / LDRP
Facility Radius Rule: 50 miles

⚠️ Candidate Requirement (Mandatory Before Submission)

Written confirmation from clinician stating:

• Housing has been researched
• Pay package is approved
• Assignment commitment confirmed
• Offer will be signed within 24 hours of receipt

🏥 Unit Overview

• L&D Beds: 6 (Secure Unit – LDRP model)
• OR Suites: 1 dedicated C-Section suite (located in OR)
• Triage Beds: N/A
• Postpartum Beds: Same 6 LDRP beds
• Birth Volume: ~160/year (12–17/month)

👩‍⚕️ Staffing & Ratios

• Follows AWHONN guidelines
• 2 RNs per shift
• Charge RN typically a core St. Luke’s nurse
• House Supervisor available for support
• No nurse aides or surgical techs currently (hiring in progress)

🩺 Patient Population & Scope

LDRP model – RN cares for:

• Laboring patients
• Postpartum couplets (mom & baby)
• Well baby & well mom
• High-risk and critical OB patients
• Hypertensive crisis
• Hemorrhage protocol
• Inductions
• Stabilize and transfer (no twins/triplets)

C-Sections:

• RN acts as newborn nurse
• Does NOT circulate
• Cares for mom and baby during immediate recovery (first few hours)

🧠 Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 2 years LDRP experience
  • Strong L&D experience required
  • Must have some recent LDRP or Postpartum experience
• Newborn stabilization
• Comfortable managing labor patients independently
• Must function autonomously (especially nights/weekends)
• Comfortable working with OB on-call model (not in-house)

💉 Drips & Clinical Skills

• RNs required to titrate drips
• Common drips:
  • Magnesium
  • Pitocin
  • Insulin (if stabilizing prior to transfer)

🏨 Provider Coverage

• OB: Not in-house (clinic M–F; called in for labor)
• Shared Hospitalist coverage
• Pediatrics: In-house M–F (days); on-call nights/weekends
• Anesthesia: On-call after hours (30-minute response)
• Respiratory Therapy Equipment: PRN nasal cannula, non-rebreather

🖥 Systems & Monitoring

• EFM System: Centricity
• RNs not required to read their own strips
• No tele/monitor techs

📅 Scheduling

• Shifts: 7a–7p / 7p–7a
• Self-scheduling with core staff
• Weekends: Equitably distributed
• Holidays: Equitably distributed
• Call/Standby: None

🔄 Floating

• May float as helping hands or safety attendant
• Will not take assignments in other departments
• Must be comfortable assisting as needed (task-based)

👕 Dress Code

• Surgical scrubs required for deliveries
• May wear personal scrubs otherwise

🎓 Orientation

• 1 day facility orientation (includes Epic)
• 2 shifts (12-hour) unit-specific orientation

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