Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery 3,548 per week

Heart of the Rockies Medical
US - Smeltertown, CO - Chaffee County, CO
November 20, 2024
Medical

Certification Details

Maintain current, active license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Colorado.
Maintain current BLS certification.
Maintain current ACLS certification.
PALS, NRP preferred
Job Details

Work where others vacation, in beautiful Salida, CO
Two years of experience is required.
A Registered Nurse (RN) for the Family Birthing Center is able to independently assess and evaluate the health status of both labor and neonate patients utilizing objective and subjective data and identifying health care problems.
Through the care planning process, the RN collaborates with the patient, family, providers, and others on the healthcare team to establish realistic and measurable short and long-term goals; prioritizing needs through planning, and the implementation of all interventions to include patient education and counseling.
The RN must maintain safe and effective care throughout the episode of care through the institution of standard procedures that stabilize each patient's condition or through the prevention of serious complications in emergency situations.
Each intervention is evaluated and documented to determine the outcome of care and if additional interventions are required to achieve optimal health outcomes.
The RN acts as a patient advocate.
These functions are considered essential functions for one or more of the following reasons:
The performance of this function is the reason that the job exists.
There are limited employees among whom the performance of this function can be distributed.
This function occupies a great deal of the employees time.
This function is highly specialized. Employees are hired for the skill/ability to perform this function.
Failure to perform this function may have serious consequences.
Nothing in this job description restricts the facility's ability to assign, reassign or eliminate duties and responsibilities of this job at any time.
The facility does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
Critical features of this job have been described; those features may be changed at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons deemed appropriate by the facility.
Other duties may be assigned.
Job Requirements

Minimum of an Associates Degree (ADN) from an accredited nursing program.
2+ years of LDRP experience.
Unit Specific Information

Directly provides patient care and monitors the patient's response to labor, delivery and postpartum phases of pregnancy, assisting and education in breastfeeding as needed.
Promotes wellness for mother during pregnancy and after delivery through continuous education.
Provides education to mother about infant care.
Documents all events and education in the patient medical record utilizing computers.
Communicates patient's condition verbally and in writing to the physician and the nursing supervisor.
Assists other Family Birthing Center staff in maintaining skills and learning new procedures and equipment.
Collaborates with nursery nurse in care of mother/baby couplet.
Assists physicians with procedures.
Assists nurse manager as requested.
Assists staff with emergencies in other nursing units when possible.
Maintains a clean, orderly and safe environment for all patients in the Family Birthing Center unit.

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