RN – Labor & Delivery

Specialty: Labor & Delivery
Facility: Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
State License: AZ
Certs/Licenses:
Years of Experience: 2 year(s)
Shift: 12H Nights Every other to every 3rd weekend; first to float, could float to sister facility CRMC
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week
Description: Specialty: L&DFacility: Mercy Gilbert Medical CenterState License: AZCerts/Licenses: Years of Experience: 2 year(s)Shift: 12H Nights Every other to every 3rd weekend; first to float, could float to sister facility CRMCGuaranteed Hours: 36 hours per weekDescription: Unit Notes:*******Prophecy Dysrhythmia Exam required 24-48hrs prior to acceptance of a position. Maximum attempts is 2: Required for: Ambulance Transport, Cardiac Cath Lab, ICU, CVICU, EP Lab, ER, Helicopter Transport (Flight), House Supervisor, PACU/Recovery, PCU, PICU, Pre-op/PACU, Stepdown, Telemetry/IMC, Transitional ICU/TCU units.******A pass/fail Sim Lab is required on Day 1 of orientation (study guides provided with first day instructions). – Unit: L & D / OB Triage- # beds: 10 L&D beds / 4 Triage beds (travelers will not go to triage)- Certs: BLS, ACLS, NRP, and certification in Intermediate FHM. Must circulate for c-sections, no scrubing. Will follow patient to OR and PACU.- Ratios: 1:1 active delivery / 1:2 regular labor.- Charge Nurse: Yes, does not take patients.- Nurse Aides: No PCTs, but CSTs in OR for C-sections.- Weekend Requirement: Every other to every 3rd weekend.- Holidays: Work into perm staff rotation.- Scrub Color: Provided- Tele: Very little cardiac monitoring. Most transferred to ICU/Tele with a L&D RN.- Vents: No – Hospitalist or Intesivist in house: Anesthesia available 24/7- IV Team: No- RT 24/7: Yes- Pharmacy 24/7: Yes- Shifts: 12 hr, 7-730.- Floating: Yes, Mother Baby and Postpartum. WILL ALSO FLOAT FREQUENTLY BETWEEN MERCY GILBERT AND CHANDLER REGIONAL. Travelers should be very comfortable with this.- Floor specific orientation: 3 shifts on the floor.- Common diagnosis / Types of patients: 300-325 births per month. Preclampsia, mag use, post partum hemorrhage, no tubals. Must have experience in perinatal safetly checklists.- Additional Notes: 30% deliveries by Midwife. 70% epidural usage. Cancellation Policy:Hospital can cancel up to 4 shifts per 13-week assignment, 3 shifts for assignments that are less than 13 weeks Charting System:Cerner BSN Required: License to Submit:Yes Trauma Level: Care Setting:Acute Division:Nursing Shift Notes:Every other to every 3rd weekend; first to float, could float to sister facility CRMC Required Certifications:ACLS, AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring, BLS, NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program)