Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Macon, GA
TalentBurst, Inc
3x12 hrs, Nights

Title: RN - Labor & Delivery/Postpartum

Location: Macon Georgia 31201

Duration: 13 Weeks

Shift: 12hr Night Shift - 36

Shift Information: 7p-a

Clinical Interviewing- Yes - Manager Approval to Offer

On Call, Call Back Requirements: 12 hour shift every 6 weeks

Weekend Rotation: 5-6 weekend shifts on a 6 week schedule (5-6 out of 12)

Holiday Requirements: must work one each of major holidays- either Thanksgiving or day after AND Christmas Eve or Day AND NY Eve or Day

Floating Requirements: must be able to float to Antepartum and Circulate the OR

About Facility:

• 637 licensed beds
• Level 1 Trauma Designation
• Teaching Hospital
• Chest Pain Center
• Stroke Center

Unit Information:

• Beds: 9 Labor Beds, 3 ORs, 4 PACUs, 11 Antepartum, 4 triage, 27 Postpartum,
• Census: 2-14 L&D

Minimum Years of Experience required: 2 years L&D RN experience., 1 year OB Surg Tech experience

• Will you accept a first-time traveler: Yes

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses: Laboring patients, Antepartum patients, a triage area, PACU and OR

Patient Ratios:

• RN: Follow AWHONN Guidelines
• OB Tech: 2-3 per shift

Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.):

• RN: BLS, ACLS, NRP, Fetal Monitoring required. BCR (Basic Cardiac Rythm) required - meaning traveler will be required to pass an EKG competency exam as part of Compliance
• Surg Tech: BLS, CST

Skills required:

• RN: Strong clinical assessment and L&D skills for Level 1 Trauma Hospital, IV insertion and care, central line management, Care coordination with interdisciplinary teams
• Surg Tech: scrub surgeries, c-sections, set up tables for vaginal deliveries, stock the unit

Support within the Department:

• 2 OB Surg Techs per shift
• CNA: Duties: Yes - assist with VS, Glucose Checks, baths, feeding, ambulating patients, assisting turning patients, hourly rounding, transporting patients as needed (Hospital has designated Transport Team); obtain blood from blood bank
• Receptionist/HUC: Unit secretary on unit 7a-11p; then house wide call secretary 11p-7a
• Charge nurse – may have patients
• IV/VAT Team: Not an IV team - do have a PICC team
• RT 24/7: yes
• Hospitalist 24/7: yes
• Intensivist 24/7: Yes
• OB Physicians, 24/7
• Bedside and Nursing Station Tele/Fetal monitoring

Technology/Equipment:

• EMR: EPIC
• IV Pump: Alaris
• Med dispensing: Pyxis
• Monitors: Phillips

Unit specific equipment:

• VS3 vital sign monitors, Nova Glucose Stat Strips Cardiac Telemetry monitoring
• Portable vital signs monitors (Dynamapp)
• PCA pain management
• Bladder scanners, IV pump, portable oxygen system
• Glucommander
• Suction machine
• Use of admission/ discharge protocol for rapid turnover

Floating: If yes, where:

• RN: All adult med surg / telemetry units in house
• Surg Tech: none

Orientation (facility and unit):

• 1 day orientation with work on educational modules
• 2 days departmental

Other notes:

• Scrub Color: RN- Navy; LPN- Ceil Blue; L&D surgical green w/ scrub exchange system
• Parking: Free: Have free parking around campus or can pay to park in parking decks
• Unit Culture: busy but work as team

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