What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse Labor Delivery Recovery Postpartum (LDRP) position at Decypher?
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DESCRIPTION
Labor Delivery Recovery Postpartum (LDRP) Registered Nurse to support the mission at ATAMMC, VA
Qualifications:
- Education/Degree: Accredited school of Nursing (Diploma, AD or BSN)
- Certification/Licenses Requirements: RN with a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
- Must have Basic Life Support (BLS) certification Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Minimum Experience: The Labor Delivery Recovery Postpartum (LDRP) Registered Nurse at a minimum, must have one year Labor Delivery Recovery Postpartum or Labor & Delivery experience, with no more than 12 months since last work assignment
Job Description:
- Perform monitoring of triage patients, including continuous fetal monitoring, spontaneous rupture of membrane check, labor check, prolonged monitoring, rule out pre-term labor, decreased fetal movement, and pre-eclampsia.
- Perform monitoring of patients, including continuous fetal monitoring, vital signs, labor checks, and cervical examinations.
- Provide intravenous management (fluids, Pitocin, MgSO4, antibiotics, blood products).
- Provide pain management. Monitor patient status on continuous laboring epidurals, intravenous narcotics, and provide emotional support.
- Assist provider with inductions (cervical ripening, artificial rupture of membranes, Pitocin).
- Assist provider with vaginal delivery procedures (pushing, delivery, recovery)
- Assist provider with operative vaginal delivery procedures (vacuum, forceps).
- Perform pre-op for Cesarean-sections (C-section) (shave-prep, Foley catheter, intravenous bolus
- Perform procedures for transition of normal newborn (bath, shots, assessment, and breast-feeding assistance
- Provide stabilization for transport of high-risk patients (MgSO4, dexamethasone, antibiotics, and emotional support).
- Provide patient and family teaching.
- Support C-section deliveries as circulating nurse in the operating room.
- Provide breastfeeding support and education.
- Shall be responsible for and provide family and patient centered nursing care to infants and women of childbearing age.
- May be required to work on the Labor & Delivery Unit and the mother-Baby Unit (LDRP).
- May be required to perform charge nurse duties.
COMPENSATION: Base rate premium: $78.00/hour (in accordance with federal/state regulations)
Salary : $78
