L&D RN
Burien, Washington
Highline Medical Center

LDRP RN

Overview

• Location: Burien, Washington
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Nights
• Hours: 36 per week
• Schedule: 12-hour shifts, 3 shifts per week, every other weekend

Required Qualifications

• RN license for Washington
• BLS certification
• NRP certification
• Minimum of 2 years of experience
• Level II experience
• Triage experience
• Ability to circulate C-sections
• Ability to titrate drips per physician order

Preferred Qualifications

• Scrubbing experience

Unit Details

• Unit: L&D/PP/MB
• 14 LDRP beds
• 2 OR suites
• 3 triage beds
• 5-bed Special Care Nursery (Level 2)
• About 1,000 births per year

Float Scope

• May float to triage, labor and delivery, baby nurse for normal newborn deliveries/transitions, postpartum, and circulating in the OR
• May float to the special care nursery only if experienced in that specialty and agreed upon prior to start
• Will not float outside the birth center

Clinical Environment

• Tele capable for laboring patients with centralized fetal heart monitoring
• Nurses interpret their own strips
• Common patients include multiples, VBACs, and at-risk patients such as HTN/hemorrhage
• Common antepartum cases include preterm labor, infections, and post-op gyn
• Mag and Pitocin are common titratable drips
• Epidurals are monitored after initiation and rate set by Anesthesia
• Surgical tech coverage is available 24/7 for C-sections
• OB or certified midwife is in house 24/7
• Neonatal hospitalists are in house 24/5
• Anesthesia is in house for OB specifically

Additional Details

• No call or standby requirement
• Scrubs are provided and required
• Unit orientation is 2 days with a preceptor