Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating patient functional status.

Job Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process in caring for assigned patients.
• Completes assessment and individualizes plan of care within established unit/nursing guidelines.
• Considers cultural, psychosocial factors, and ages of individual patients in care delivery.
• Organizes, prioritizes, and performs nursing skills appropriate for the patient population.
• Anticipates patient/unit needs and demonstrates sound knowledge base: Bio-psychosocial.
• Delegates and communicates effectively and appropriately.
• Demonstrates professional judgment in response to changing patient/unit situations.
• Documents steps of the nursing process/care on the appropriate record.
• Records data concisely, consistently, accurately, and legibly.
• Utilizes correct medical terminology abbreviations.
• Addresses problems and progress toward outcomes according to unit/nursing policy.
• Facilitates patient teaching and discharge planning.
• Makes timely, appropriate referrals.
• Utilizes resources in planning and presenting patient education, considering patient age and cultural/psychosocial factors.
• Collaborates with other disciplines as appropriate.
• Supports unit/hospital goals through performance improvement and educational activities.
• Attends mandatory in-services and meets unit education standards.
• Accurately completes variance reports.
• Exercises independent judgment in planning the sequence of operations and making minor decisions in a complex technical or professional field.
• Works directly with patients and/or customers, internal/external customers, and other healthcare professionals and staff.

Required Skills & Experience

• Zero (0) - six (6) months of related experience.
• Experience with healthcare management software.
• Working knowledge of disease state management processes, bio-psychosocial model, and clinical pathways.
• Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work in an effective and efficient manner.
• Detail-oriented as required in the examination of clinical and numerical data.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience with additional healthcare management software.

Required Education

• Completion of basic professional curriculum of a school of nursing as approved and verified by a state board of nursing and holds or is entitled to hold a diploma or degree therefrom.

Required Certification & Licensure

• Valid multi-state or State of Oklahoma Registered Nurse License.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certifications.
• Proof of instruction/passage of Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitoring.