LDRP RN
Durango, Colorado
Mercy Regional Medical Center

LDRP RN

Overview

• 12-week travel assignment in Durango, Colorado
• Night shift, 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
• Unit: L&D/PP/MB
• 12 L&D beds, 1 C-section OR suite, 1 triage bed, and 12 postpartum beds
• Average of 70 births per month

Required Qualifications

• Current Compact or Colorado RN license
• 2 years of experience
• Experience in labor and postpartum
• ACLS
• BLS
• NRP
• AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring

Schedule

• Self-scheduling allowed within reason
• Weekend coverage is split among staff, averaging 4-5 weekends in a 6-week period
• 1 on-call shift of the clinician’s choice in a 6-week schedule block
• Holiday coverage required

Clinical Details

• RNs titrate oxytocin
• RNs read their own strips
• Common patient types include HTN, pre-e, preterm labor, and TOLAC
• The traveler is expected to work all phases of labor

Float Scope

• Floating is as helping hands throughout the hospital, not as an assignment

Unit Support

• Charge nurse takes an assignment
• Nurse aides and surgical techs are on the unit
• RT equipment is available
• OB/Neonatologist is not in house 24/7
• Anesthesia is not in house 24/7

Additional Notes

• Auto offer process
• Clinician interview is with the clinical team; no manager involvement
• DL must be submitted
• Clinicians must be in state for orientation week, even if first-day modules are remote
• Scrub vending machine is onsite, with credit provided