L&D RN
Grass Valley, CA
Care Career
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to laboring mothers, postpartum patients, and newborns in the Family Birthing Center.
• Monitor maternal vital signs, fetal heart rate patterns, uterine contractions, and labor progress.
• Manage routine labor and delivery cases, including term and preterm births.
• Provide one-to-one nursing care during active delivery and maintain appropriate nurse-to-patient ratios.
• Perform advanced fetal monitoring and interpret fetal heart rate tracings to identify signs of fetal distress.
• Assist obstetricians and the healthcare team during labor, vaginal deliveries, and emergency obstetric procedures.
• Recognize and respond promptly to obstetric emergencies, including postpartum hemorrhage, fetal distress, and maternal complications.
• Provide postpartum assessments and monitor maternal recovery following delivery.
• Deliver mother-baby couplet care, including newborn assessments, feeding support, and parent education.
• Care for newborns requiring IV antibiotics or short-term oxygen therapy and monitor their clinical condition.
• Provide nursing care to patients with routine gynecological conditions as assigned.
• Collaborate with obstetricians, anesthesia providers, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure safe maternal and neonatal outcomes.
• Maintain accurate patient assessments, delivery records, and nursing documentation using the Cerner electronic health record system.
• Educate mothers and families on postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, newborn care, and discharge instructions.
• Follow infection prevention protocols, patient safety standards, and established maternal-newborn care guidelines.
• Exercise sound clinical judgment and respond effectively to emergencies, particularly during night shifts when fewer resources are available.
• Participate in rotating weekend and holiday coverage according to facility scheduling requirements.
• Provide care in Labor & Delivery or Mother-Baby units as assigned, serving as the first nurse to float when required.