Travel Nurse RN - Labor & Delivery - $2,326 per week in Shreveport, LA

Job Title: Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery Profession: Registered Nurse Specialty: Labor & Delivery Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 12H Nights Hours per Shift: 36 Experience: 1 year License: Required Certifications: BLS ACLS NIHSS NRP FHMS Must-Have: Experience with laboring patients Circulating on C-sections Triage on outpatients Magnesium Sulfate Therapy Postpartum Hemorrhage Care including blood administration and Jada device Balloon Inductions Cytotec Induction Pitocin Inductions Couplet care Description: The position involves working with antepartum and laboring patients. Adequate PPE is provided for all staff. Patient ratios are 1:2 for laboring and 1:1 during active labor. The charge nurse may take patient assignments. Phlebotomy services are available in-house. The unit has 12 nurses. The charting system utilized is EMR: Meditech Expanse and GE Centricity Perinatal. IV pumps used on the unit are Alaris, and medication is dispensed via Pyxis. There is no dedicated respiratory therapist in-house. Clientists are available on-site, while OB/GYN hospitalists are available on-call after hours. Midwives are not present in this facility. Weekend rotation is every other weekend, and time off must be approved by the manager. Employees are expected to be on-call for two shifts per month, from 7 PM to 7 AM. Holiday expectations will be communicated as needed. Scrub color is pewter. The culture on the unit is described as family-like.