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

Labor and Delivery

Role Overview

• Travel/Contract RN/L&D in Lees Summit, Missouri
• Unit includes L&D and postpartum in the same physical space
• 28 rooms, 33 beds
• Average daily census: 7-10
• Ratios: 1:1 days and nights; can be 1:2 or 1:3 depending on acuity in antepartum and/or cervical ripening

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• Labor and Delivery (3 years of experience)
• Labor and Delivery experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Procedure
• EFM - Electronic Fetal Monitoring
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Post Partum experience

Preferred

• LDRP experience preferred
• LD/LDR experience considered

Schedule

• Day shift: 3x12 hours, 6:45-19:15
• 4-5 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule period
• Minimum of 2 Sunday night shifts and 2 Friday day shifts per 6-week schedule period
• 2 on-call shifts per 6-week schedule period

Float Scope

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

Unit Details

• L&D houses antepartum and intrapartum patients
• 11 labor rooms and 5 triage rooms
• OB triage is not required
• Postpartum unit has 15 rooms and 2 flex rooms
• Postpartum and post-operative GYN patients are cared for in the postpartum unit
• 5 rooms can convert to adult med/surg overflow, but those patients are cared for by med/surg staff, not OB RNs

Skills and Clinical Experience

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

Certifications

• BLS
• FHM
• NRP

Software / Equipment

• PeriWatch fetal monitoring application
• Phillips avalon fetal monitors