Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery
Moreno Valley, California
Riverside University Medical Center

Registered Nurse (RN) - Labor & Delivery (Travel)

Location: Moreno Valley, California
Employment Type: Clinical Nursing Travel
Shift: Day Shift (7:00 AM – 7:30 PM)
Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

• Assess patients on admission considering physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• Reassess patient health needs at least every shift or as condition changes using nursing processes.
• Develop and update individualized plans of care based on comprehensive data and reassessments.
• Administer oral, topical, and parenteral medications following the "7 rights" of medication administration.
• Monitor and document effectiveness and adverse effects of medications and treatments.
• Perform treatments and procedures adhering to nursing best practices, hospital policies, sterile technique, standard precautions, and patient privacy.
• Document care, pain management, discharge planning, education, and progress accurately and legibly with date, time, signature, and title.
• Educate patients and families based on assessed needs using approved educational materials.
• Interpret diagnostic data and reports; intervene appropriately.
• Communicate promptly any changes in patient condition to physicians and healthcare team members using SBAR communication during handoffs.
• Respect patient rights including confidentiality, safety, and participation in care planning.
• Evaluate and document patient care and effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Participate in multidisciplinary care planning.
• Manage patients in restraints according to policy and understand application criteria.
• Follow National Patient Safety Goals and hospital policies including use of two patient identifiers.
• Understand and participate in hospital disaster plans and rapid response activation.
• Complete orientation to Life Safety Standards including Code Blue, Code Pink, Code Red, Haz Mat spills, and oxygen shut-off procedures.
• Adhere to hospital infection control policies.
• Demonstrate knowledge of blood transfusion policies and documentation.
• Understand and appropriately use the Chain of Command.
• Be familiar with Labor and Delivery policies and routines.
• Manage patients in labor and newborns immediately post-delivery appropriately.
• Use APGAR scoring to assess neonates within five minutes of birth.
• Recognize signs and symptoms of fetal distress and perform standard nursing interventions.
• Document appropriately on Labor & Delivery flow sheets and related forms.
• Assist physicians with placement of umbilical vein catheters (UIPC) and fetal scalp electrodes.
• Continuously review fetal monitor strips for signs of fetal distress.
• Apply external fetal monitors and correctly position sono and tocotransducers to monitor fetal heart tones and uterine activity.
• Identify changes in patient condition (e.g., fetal distress, magnesium toxicity) and notify physicians as needed.
• Accurately assess deep tendon reflexes (DTRs) and magnesium sulfate levels during management of patients receiving magnesium sulfate for preterm labor and pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH).

Required Qualifications

• Current RN license valid in California.
• Minimum 3 years recent Labor & Delivery experience in an acute care facility.
• Certification in ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support), BLS (Basic Life Support), and CA RN license.
• Fetal heart monitoring certification.
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification.

Additional Information

• Prior travel experience is not explicitly required.
• Work schedule is primarily day shifts with 12-hour shifts.