Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery - $2,167 per week at Summit Medical Staffing Nursing summary:
A Travel Nurse RN specializing in Labor and Delivery, responsible for providing care in a smaller facility with a commitment to patient well-being. The role includes managing low-risk deliveries, assisting in the operating room, and ensuring compliance with established guidelines. With a workload of 36 hours a week over 13 weeks, the position offers a competitive weekly salary and a supportive work environment.
Summit Medical Staffing Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in Fremont, Nebraska.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Labor and Delivery
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
# L&D Beds: 6 Beds
- # OR Suites on the unit for C-Sections: 1 OR suite on unit - OR RN circulates
- # Triage beds: 2 Beds, Also respond to ER as well
- # Postpartum beds: 10 Beds
- # Births per day Month Year: 27 births a month, 297 births a year
- Do you follow AWHONN guidelines for ratios: Yes - Ratios are typically less than guidelines
- Required Certifications (i.e., BLS, ACLS): BLS, NRP - PALS is preferred but not required.
- Common diagnoses/Types of patients: This is a smaller facility, and you must be comfortable caring for patients without
- OB or OR in house. Nurses are not required to circulate or scrub. 2 OB nurses attend all c-sections to catch and care for
baby. Must be comfortable with NRP. However, it does occasionally happen that the mother comes in progressing
before the MD arrives. You must be confident and comfortable caring for the patient until the MD arrives. It would
expected that you help setup the OR while waiting for the OR team. OR nurse circulates and OR CST available. They care
for low risk 34 weeks and greater, no prenatal care, substance abuse mothers, pre-eclampsia, diabetic mothers and
mothers with multiple co-morbidities, must be able to read strips, common drips mag, pit, No insulin drips. Nursery and
postpartum. They do not have CNA s, but ratios are low on the unit. Nurses are required to do some restocking. They
have a separate area they care for hysters and peds along with other basic surgical patients. Sister campus Methodist
Women's is 20 minutes away.
- Experience or 'Must have' skills: Must have experience in similar size facility, Must have nursery experience, Must be
comfortable with No OB and OR in house, with a 30 minute response time.
- Are RNs required to titrate drips: Yes
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips: mag, pit
- Charge Nurse/House Supervisor Does the charge nurse take an assignment: Lead may take a patient load- House
Supervisor
- Are there nurse aids/surgical techs on this unit: During the day they have a secretary/resource available
- OB/Neonatologist in house 24/7: 30 min response time
- RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc): Heated high flow, 1 vent typically stabilized and transport to women's or
children's - 20 min transfer.
- Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit Are RNs required to read their own strips What brand are the tele monitors:
Philips, Panda, Android phones
- EFM System: Fetal Link
- Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling Block scheduling): Set scheduling, they do try to work with block
scheduling. Perm staff is really amazing with flexing - Will take weekenders.
- Weekend Requirements: Every 3rd
- Holiday Requirements: Rotate with perm staff
- Is there a call or standby requirement: low census per traveler contract, can volunteer
- Floating Requirements: You can float to the medsurg side to care for peds or re-admission bil babies. If you have
Medsurg experience they will cross train to medsurg - Bonus but not required.
- Scrub Color/Dress code: Provided
About Summit Medical Staffing Nursing
Summit Medical Staffing was founded in 2014 and is based in Fremont, Nebraska. Summit is a Veteran and Employee-owned company that provides staffing resources to Healthcare providers, hospitals and clinics, nationwide. Located in the Midwest, Summit strives to provide a dedicated and attentive approach to medical staffing services for the employer and the employee. Our philosophy to connect, educate, consult and advocate resonates within the entire Summit team. Our travelers make us special; our focus and commitment to them makes us unique. For more information, visit www.summitmedstaff.com.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Referral bonus
- Employee assistance programs
- Weekly pay
- License and certification reimbursement
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