Labor and Delivery RN
Freeport, Illinois
Mercyhealth FHN Hospital

Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse

Location

• Freeport, Illinois

Contract Length

• 13 weeks

Schedule

• 12-hour day and night shifts
• Night shift
• Every other to every third weekend
• Half of holidays, alternating each year
• Call required when needed for leave coverage or vacations, equal to 1–2 twelve-hour shifts per 6-week period
• May be asked to float only in a critical need situation, and would not take a full patient assignment

Required Qualifications

• Illinois RN license required to submit
• BLS certification
• NRP certification
• AWHONN intermediate or advanced certification
• At least 1 year of Labor and Delivery experience
• Experience with Labor and Delivery is required; LDRP experience is preferred
• Ability to titrate drips

Unit Details

• Labor and Delivery unit with 7 L&D beds, 2 triage beds, 7 postpartum beds, and 1 OR suite for C-sections
• Approximately 255 births annually
• Common cases include labor, preeclampsia, hypertension, obesity, gestational diabetes, and preterm labor
• Babies needing more than 6 hours of oxygen support are transferred out
• Nurses provide OR circulating, recovery, stabilization of newborns, couplet care, and clean gynecology care such as hysterectomies
• Remote monitor capabilities are available for telemetry needs
• OB hospitalists are in house most of the time; anesthesia is available on weekdays during day shift and otherwise arrives within 30 minutes
• Respiratory therapy responds if complications arise

Additional Information

• Self-staffed unit with extra call coverage for leave and vacation
• Department orientation is up to 3 shifts
• Hospital-provided scrubs and waterproof non-slip shoes are used