Post Partum/Mom Baby RN
Irving, TX
Care Career
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to postpartum patients during recovery following childbirth.
• Assess maternal vital signs, uterine tone, fundal height, lochia, pain, and overall recovery.
• Monitor patients for postpartum complications, including hemorrhage, infection, hypertension, and thromboembolic events.
• Provide nursing care for high-risk antepartum patients, monitoring maternal and fetal status and promptly reporting abnormal findings.
• Assess newborns for vital signs, temperature stability, feeding tolerance, and signs of distress.
• Provide routine newborn nursery care, including feeding support, hygiene, and monitoring of intake and output.
• Monitor newborns for complications such as hypoglycemia, jaundice, respiratory distress, and temperature instability.
• Support newborn safety practices, including identification verification and safe sleep education.
• Assist mothers with breastfeeding, lactation support, and newborn care education.
• Administer prescribed medications and treatments to maternal and newborn patients according to orders and facility protocols.
• Establish and maintain IV access and provide IV therapy as ordered.
• Recognize emergencies involving mothers or newborns and initiate appropriate interventions.
• Educate patients and families about postpartum recovery, warning signs, newborn care, and follow-up appointments.
• Document assessments, interventions, medications, and patient responses accurately in Meditech.
• Collaborate with obstetric providers, pediatric providers, lactation consultants, and other interdisciplinary team members.
• Follow infection prevention procedures, patient safety standards, and hospital policies.
• Float to other areas as needed, within competency and facility guidelines.