Job description
The Obstetrics RN has primary responsibility for providing care for patients in labor, delivery, nursery and postpartum.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Job Qualification Requirements:
Education: GraduateofanaccreditedschoolofnursingwithcurrentIndianalicensureasaRegistered Nurse.PreferBachelorofScienceinNursing.
Licensure/Certification: Currently licensed by Indiana State Board of Nursing Registration and Nursing Education.
Experience: Experience in obstetric care. Knowledge of labor, delivery, postpartum and nursery care essential. Must know principles and practice of sterile technique and infection control. Must be skilled in technical aspects of mother/infant care. Able to perform effectively in highly stressful situations. Must be able to interact effectively with a wide variety of people. Excellent communication skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform admitting assessments, review history and develop plan of care. Initiate fetal heart monitor, perform vaginal exams, interpret fetal heart tones and determine frequency duration and intensity of contractions.
- Monitor progress of laboring mothers, interpret fetal heart monitor and notify physician when appropriate for progress or problems. Assist mother and labor coach with breathing exercises, pain management techniques and administer pain medication as ordered. Prepare birthing room for delivery using strict sterile technique.
- Prepare mothers for elective or emergency Cesarean Section by following written C-Section protocol. Provide emotional support to mother and coach, obtain proper consents and pre-op diagnostic studies and coordinate smooth transfer to surgery.
- AssistphysicianwithinitiationofPitocininductionsandmonitorprogressoflabor:drips, adjustflowrateorpumpaccordingtophysician'sorders,bealertforabnormalitiesorproblems.
- Documentnursingcareproperlyonchartforms,andcomputer.
- Assistphysicianinadministeringcareduringlabor:artificialruptureofmembranes,initiationofinternalfetalmonitoringorintrauterinepressurecatheter,initiationofpitocindriporotherIVmedications,sterilevaginalexamsorotherprocedures.Assistanesthesiawiththeadministrationofspinalorepiduralanesthetic.
- Performimmediatepost-deliverycareofmotherandinfant:determineApgarscores,DeLeesuctionand bulbsuctioninfants,applyIDbands,weighandmeasureinfant,administermedicationstomotherand infantasordered,assistphysicianwithresuscitation,performfundalmessageandmonitorvitalsignsand lochiaasneeded,promoteinfant/parentbondingandobtainnewbornidentificationperpolicy.
- Performpost-partumcareandprovidepatienteducationtomother:checklochia,episiotomyandfundus, provideinstructioninchildcare,breastfeedingsandself-caretomother,monitorvitalsignsperpolicy, reportproblemstophysician.
- Perform nursery careon infant: operateOBequipment (heaters, isolettes, newborn monitor, phototherapylight),assessinfantsandvitalsigns,assistwithcircumcision,coordinatestabilizationand transferofunstableinfants,performorassistwithallfeedings(breastfeeding,nipplefeedingorgavagefeeding)performcordcare,doDextrosticks,initiateisolationifindicated,drawbloodfromumbilicalcatheters(butnotpercutaneousarterialpunctures).Assessgestationalage,givebath, pulse oximetry screening, and performhearingscreeningandanyothertreatments.
- Administermedications,solutionsandtreatmentsperphysician'sorder:Displayknowledgeof administrationandeffectsofmedicationsusedandoperateIV/PCApumpscorrectly.
- InitiateandmaintainIVandoxygentherapyoninfantsunderthedirectionofaphysician.
- Admitandcareforpost-surgicalpatients.Monitorandassessperpost-anesthesiaprotocol.
- Performdischargeteachingforallpatients.
- ProviderequiredcareforOB/OBSpatients.
- Displayknowledgeofspecializedresuscitationprotocolforinfants:NRP,CPR
- Participateinin-servicesandcontinueeducationspecializedforOB/Nursery.
- Depending on census, may floattootherdepartments.
Job Qualification Requirements:
Education: GraduateofanaccreditedschoolofnursingwithcurrentIndianalicensureasaRegistered Nurse.PreferBachelorofScienceinNursing.
Licensure/Certification: Currently licensed by Indiana State Board of Nursing Registration and Nursing Education.
Experience: Experience in obstetric care. Knowledge of labor, delivery, postpartum and nursery care essential. Must know principles and practice of sterile technique and infection control. Must be skilled in technical aspects of mother/infant care. Able to perform effectively in highly stressful situations. Must be able to interact effectively with a wide variety of people. Excellent communication skills.
Location: Greene County General Hospital · Obstetrics
Schedule: PRN (per diem), Nights, PRN
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