Experience
- Minimum 2 years experience in Labor and Delivery required
- Previous travel experience required
- Experience floating to less or like specialties where needed
License & Certification Required
- Registered Nurse (RN) license
- ACLS
- BLS
- NRP
- AWHONN Advanced Certification
Skills Required
- Antepartum care
- Labor & Delivery techniques
- Assisting with sterile speculum exams
- Reflex checks / edema assessment / clonus assessments
- Sterile vaginal examinations
- Triage of obstetrical patients
- Use of EFM (External Fetal Heart Monitoring)
- Recognition and treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
- Spiral electrode placement
- Use of Internal Fetal Monitoring
- Intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC) placement and calibration
- IV therapy and phlebotomy
- Administration of blood and blood products
- Drawing venous blood
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- Use of infusion pumps / drips / IV monitoring
- Medication administration (including anticoagulant therapy, antihypertensives, antiseizure medications, insulin drips, magnesium sulfate therapy, and Pitocin)
- Assisting with high-risk deliveries and vaginal deliveries
- Circulating for C-sections
- Scrubbing for C-sections
- Recovery of C-section patients
- Postpartum care and procedures
- Administering epidural and general anesthesia
- Pain assessment and management
- Breastfeeding support and lactation support
- Episiotomy and incisional care
- Postpartum hemorrhage management
- Multiple births and high-risk antepartum care
- Isolation precautions and PPE
- Vaccine administration
Desired Skills
- Experience with baby-friendly protocols
- Foley catheter insertion and management
- In-depth knowledge of labor and delivery patient diagnoses
