Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Rapid City, SD
TNAA TotalMed RN
4x12 hrs, Days, Rotating
Referral Bonus

Unit: Labor and Delivery
General Information:
* Beds: 10 L&D beds; 4 OB ED (Triage beds); 4 Antepartum rooms
* Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes

Required Experience: 
2 years L&D experience, preferably level 3 or higher Labor and Delivery unit (i.e. an L&D that has a level 3 or higher NICU)

Required Certs:
* Required: BLS, NRP
* Preferred: ACLS, certification in inpatient obstetrics, electronic fetal monitoring, or inpatient antepartum

Skills required:
* Must have manager approval to offer if candidate lacks any of the following:
* EPIC charting experience
* Level 3 or higher L&D 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 gestation
* IV starts, cervical checks, phlebotomy, magnesium sulfate, blood administration, insulin, circulate C-sections, C-section recovery care
* Hard 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)

Patient 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 infants

Patient Ratios:
Antepartum: 1:3
Inactive Labor: 1:2
Active Labor: 1:1
Postpartum/Couplet care: 1:3 couplets

Support on the Unit:
Unit Secretary
Scrub Tech that supports L&D RNs
Charge nurse
VAT team is available if needed
RT, 24/7
OB Physician team
Anesthesia/CRNA

Charting System:
EPIC

Floating: 
Will be required to work Postpartum/Couplet care throughout the contract
Would love a candidate with Level 2 nursery baby experience

Orientation: 
NEO
4 days with preceptor – 3 in L&D and 1 in PP

Scheduling:
* Shift Times: 12-hour shifts, 0630/1830, variable shifts, must work Nights/Days throughout contract
* Weekend rotation: every other
* Could be placed on low census call
* Holiday Expectations: holidays as needed
* Approval of time off: Manager Approval

Other notes:
* Could be expected to precept students
* Scrub Color: Cobalt Blue – provided by hospital
* Free Parking: Yes