Labor and Delivery RN
Lees Summit, Missouri
Saint Luke's East - Lee's Summit

Labor and Delivery

Overview

• Travel/Contract RN/L&D in Lees Summit, Missouri
• Day shift: 3x12 hours, 6:45–19:15
• 36 hours per week
• 13-week contract
• Unit includes L&D and postpartum in the same physical space
• L&D unit has 11 labor rooms and 5 triage rooms
• Postpartum unit has 15 rooms and 2 flex rooms
• Average daily census: 7–10
• Rooms: 28
• Beds: 33

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Labor and Delivery (3 years of experience)
• Labor and Delivery experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• NRP issued by American Heart Association or American Academy of Pediatrics
• EFM
• Post Partum experience
• First-timers not accepted
• Home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility
• Pending license accepted
• No more than 7 days of RTO
• 4–5 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule period, plus 2 Sunday night shifts and 2 Friday day shifts per 6-week schedule period
• 2 on-call shifts per 6-week schedule period
• Unit-specific competency exam required
• Unit-specific skills checklist required within 1 year of start
• Two professional references required
• Government issued ID required
• Employment application required
• Physical exam required within 1 year of start
• Fit test required
• Tdap vaccine or declination required
• Negative TB documentation required
• Drug testing required within 1 year of start
• Flu vaccination or exemption required during flu season
• HIPAA acknowledgement required
• Latex allergy questionnaire required
• Confidentiality form required
• Regulatory compliance education required
• Hep B declination required
• SSN & DOB confirmation required
• TB questionnaire required
• Hand hygiene policy acknowledgement required
• Fingernail policy acknowledgement required
• Dress code policy acknowledgement required
• Orientation modules required for all RNs
• Color blind testing required within 12 months of start

Preferred

• LDRP experience
• LD/LDR experience

Float Scope

• May float to postpartum to provide couplet care or care for postpartum mom only

Unit Notes

• Agency staff are not required to work OB triage
• Patient assignments are based on acuity per AWHONN staffing standards
• L&D nurse-to-patient ratio is typically 1:1, but may be 1:2 or 1:3 for antepartum and/or cervical ripening depending on acuity
• PeriWatch fetal monitoring application used
• Phillips avalon fetal monitors used

Skills and Clinical Experience

• Antepartum
• Labor and Delivery
• Low risk
• Assist with sterile speculum exam
• Reflex checks / edema assessment / clonus
• Sterile vaginal exam
• Triage of obstetrical patients
• Use of EFM
• Asthma
• Diabetes mellitus
• HELLP Syndrome
• Infectious disease
• Malpresentations
• Multiple Gestation
• Pre-eclampsia / eclampsia
• Premature Rupture of Membranes
• Preterm labor
• RH incompatibilities
• VBAC management / trial of labor
• Use of Rapid Response/Code teams
• Telemetry Interpretation
• Spiral Electrode Placement
• Use of External Fetal Monitoring
• Use of Internal Fetal Monitoring
• Use of IUPC placement and calibration
• Recognition and Treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
• Administration of blood & blood products
• Drawing Venous Blood
• Starting and maintaining IVs
• Use of infusion pumps / drips / IV monitoring
• Antiseizure
• Antihypertensives
• Insulin drips
• Magnesium Sulfate therapy
• Pitocin (oxytocin)
• Prostaglandins
• Terbutaline
• Amnioinfusion
• Assist with high risk delivery
• Assist with vaginal delivery
• Circulate for C-section
• Forceps/vacuum extraction
• Hemorrhage/shock
• Recover C-Section
• ID/Security Banding
• Neonatal Resuscitation
• Radiant Warmers/Thermoregulation
• Epidural Anesthesia
• General Anesthesia
• Opioids
• Pain assessment & management
• Use of PCA (IV)
• Breastfeeding Support/lactation support
• Episiotomy/Incisional Care
• Foley catheter insertion/management
• Fundus / lochia / perineum care
• Wound Assessment and Care
• Vaginal Delivery
• Cesarean Section
• Bladder Distension
• Multiple Births
• Postpartum Hemorrhage
• Pregnancy induced hypertension
• Isolation Precautions/PPE
• Vaccine Administration

Additional Notes

• Locals are not accepted
• RTO restriction: no more than 7 days
• Guaranteed hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks; cancelled shifts must be the regular shift length assigned