Travel Nurse RN - LDRP - Labor Delivery Recovery & Postpartum
Rapid City, SD
Voca Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days, Evenings, Nights, Rotating

Shift Times: 12-hour shifts, 0630/1830, variable shifts, must work Nights/Days throughout contractSome requisitions may be posted for straight Nights, otherwise, comfortability to work variable shifts will be required throughout contract.

Weekend rotation: every other

General Information:Beds: 10 LD beds; 4 OB ED (Triage beds); 4 Antepartum roomsWill you accept a traveler with 1 year experience? 2 years LD experience, preferably level 3 or higher Labor and Delivery unit (i.e. an LD that has a level 3 or higher NICU)Will you accept a first-time traveler? YesPatient Types:We see all types of pregnant patients in our labor and delivery. We have the only Level 3 NICU in a 350-mile radius, so we accept patients with almost any kind of risk factor or complication. We care for high-risk all the way down to low-intervention laboring patients. Antepartum, OB triage/ED, postpartum, and infantsPatient Ratios:Antepartum: 1:3Inactive Labor: 1:2Active Labor: 1:1Postpartum/Couplet care: 1:3 coupletsRequired License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.):Required: BLS, NRPPreferred: ACLS, certification in inpatient obstetrics, electronic fetal monitoring, or inpatient antepartumSkills required:Must have manager approval to offer if candidate lacks any of the following:EPIC charting experienceLevel 3 or higher LD experience and competency to manage high acuity labor patients, to include but not limited to - preeclampsia, preterm labor and delivery, management of laboring and antepartum patients less than 35 weeks gestationIV starts, cervical checks, phlebotomy, magnesium sulfate, blood administration, insulin, circulate C-sections, C-section recovery careHard Stop: Must care for couplets and be comfortable caring for normal newborn nursery patients (Level I care).Highly prefer candidate comfortable with lower acuity NICU patient (Level II care)Education required:Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing