Unit Notes
- Unit: L&D/PP
- # L&D Beds: 7 beds
- # triage bed: 4 triage beds, 2 overflow beds
- # Postpartum beds: 27 beds with a 5 bed nursery
- # births per day, per year: 3 births per day, 1545 per year
- Certs: ACLS, BLS, NRP, Fetal monitoring (AWOHNN - intermediate or advanced), Stable is preferred
- Ratios: They follow AWOHNN guidelines
- FHM System: FetalLink - this interacts with Cerner
- EMR: Cerner
- Charge Nurse: yes - shift manager or charge nurse for L&D and PP units, they each have resource nurse for breaks
- Nurse Aides/OB tech: OB techs - will scrub in for c-sections, they will also help with deliveries, stock supplies in unit, and help with intake on - patients
- Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts in 4 week schedule
- Call Requirement : Optional, it is preferred if traveler is willing to take call, please inquire about this in the interview
- Holidays: will work them in with perm staff, typically one major and one minor
- Scrub Color: navy
- Tele: phillips
- Vents: No
- OB/Neonataologist in house: available and on call if needed 24/7 with a 30 min response time
- IV Team: No
- RT 24/7: Yes
- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
- Shifts: 12 hr shifts -7am-7:30pm, 7pm-7:30am
- C-section experience required: nurses are not required to have experience scrubbing c-sections but they have to be able to circulate (they have 2 -c-section suites with recovery)
- Floating: L&D will float to postpartum, postpartum will float to L&D, L&D nurses HAVE to have PP experience, PP nurses do not necessarily have to have L&D, they will help out in NICU or in L&D with tasks in scope, L&D nurses will also have to float to NICU to take care of grower/feeders
- Floor specific orientation: 3 shifts
- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: high risk deliveries, any gestational age, EMT drop offs, substance abuse - withdrawal, a lot of Spanish speaking, no prenatal care as well, if they are sick enough they will transfer out to UCLA or another facility
- Additional Notes: Candidates must have 2-3 years of experience, at least one prior travel conract is preferred