Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
rapid city, SD
Reliable Nurse Staffing
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Clinical Interviewing? Yes, with manager approval • General Information: o Beds: 10 L&D beds; 4 OB ED (Triage beds); 4 Antepartum rooms o Will you accept a traveler with 1 year 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) o Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes • Patient Types: o 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: o Antepartum: 1:3 o Inactive Labor: 1:2 o Active Labor: 1:1 o Postpartum/Couplet care: 1:3 couplets • Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.): o Required: BLS, NRP o Preferred: ACLS, certification in inpatient obstetrics, electronic fetal monitoring, or inpatient antepartum • Skills required: o Must have manager approval to offer if candidate lacks any of the following: o EPIC charting experience o 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 o IV starts, cervical checks, phlebotomy, magnesium sulfate, blood administration, insulin, circulate C-sections, C-section recovery care o Hard Stop: Must care for couplets and be comfortable caring for normal newborn nursery patients (Level I care). o Highly prefer candidate comfortable with lower acuity NICU patient (Level II care) • Education required: o Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing • Support on the Unit: o Unit Secretary o Scrub Tech that supports L&D RNs o Charge nurse o VAT team is available if needed o RT, 24/7 o OB Physician team o Anesthesia/CRNA • Charting System: o EPIC • Floating: If yes, where? o Will be required to work Postpartum/Couplet care throughout the contract o Would prefer a candidate with Level 2 nursery baby experience • Orientation: (facility and unit) o NEO o 4 days with preceptor – 3 in L&D and 1 in PP • Scheduling: o Shift Times: 12-hour shifts, 0630/1830, variable shifts, must work Nights/Days throughout contract ? Some requisitions may be posted for straight Nights, otherwise, comfortability to work variable shifts will be required throughout contract. o Weekend rotation: every other o Could be placed on low census call o Holiday Expectations: holidays as needed o Approval of time off: Manager Approval