Travel Nurse RN - Labor & Delivery - $2,491 per week in Socorro, NM

Job Title: FBC/L&D RN Profession: Nursing Specialty: STABLE Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 1700-0500 Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: Two (2) years of current experience required License: State Nursing License Certifications: - NRP - AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certification - S.T.A.B.L.E. Certification - BLS Certification Must-Have: - OBSTETRIC TRIAGE ACUITY TOOLS - LABOR ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION - FETAL EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT - PATIENT STABILIZATION - NEWBORN STABILIZATION Description: Floating between departments and local locations within 20 miles is required. Assess all triage patients at 20 weeks and above. Utilize obstetric triage acuity tools. Conduct labor assessment and evaluation. Perform fetal evaluation and assessment. Evaluate for labor at term, preterm labor signs, signs and symptoms of preeclampsia, rupture of membranes, decreased fetal movement, preterm premature rupture of membranes, vaginal bleeding, and acute and critical conditions. Stabilize the patient for delivery or transfer to a higher level of care if emergency medical conditions are determined to exist. Perform labor assessment, evaluation, and care during the intrapartum phase. Prepare expectant mothers for safe delivery. Administer medications including but not limited to Pitocin, misoprostol, methergine, hemabate, magnesium sulfate, terbutaline, labetalol, nifedipine, hydralazine, and insulin. Stabilize newborns immediately after delivery. Administer newborn medications. Prepare for scheduled or emergency cesarean delivery. Assess and care for postpartum patients (both vaginal and cesarean deliveries) and newborns. Newborn care includes hearing screening, assisting with laboratory draws, IV starts and care, medication administration (Hepatitis B, Vitamin K, erythromycin, antibiotics), assisting with circumcisions, and care of opiate withdrawal newborns. Stabilize critically ill newborns for transport and provide phototherapy and hypoglycemia care.