$10,000 Sign-On Bonus!
!Location/Department:Hospital - OB/New Beginnings72/pp nights - every 4th weekendJob Summary:Provide family-centered nursing care & education to the antepartum, laboring, postpartum, maternal newborn couplets & special care nursery patients/families.Provide perinatal & follow-up testing & visits.Directly supervises nursing assistants & unit secretary.Requires interpretation of fetal monitoring.Provides basic resuscitative care for newborns in the delivery room.Technical responsibilities (i.e.
computer, Mobilab, hearing screen).Supervisory Responsibilities:NoneDuties/Responsibilities:Uses only approved abbreviations.Understands patient safety goals & actions taken.Uses 2 patient identifiers before giving treatments, demonstrates process.Understands read back of verbal orders/critical lab values & can state process.Understands procedure to clarify physician orders.Uses standing orders when indicated.Accurately calls report to MD as warranted by condition; reports to other providers as needed.Reports sentinel events or adverse drug reactions or incidents as warranted.Uses final verification before invasive procedures & can verbalize correct process & documents in EHR.Reassesses patient in response to changes in condition after intervention as needed & documents in EHR.Communicates with & provides education to patients, caregivers, & family members in a timely manner (using respect & dignity when dealing with death & dying) & documents in EHR.Documentation of fetal heart interpretation is accurate & timely.Provides & documents patient & family teaching from time of admission throughout stay & documents every shift.Provides family centered, couplet care.
Includes family in care & teaching.Does not separate mother & baby unless medically necessary.Assessments are complete & timely.Communication is variance/problem focused & appropriate interventions taken.Care plans are initiated, individualized, & updated.Participates in follow-up calls, follow-up NB visits & preadmission phone calls.Participates in outpatient visits, NST, OB checks, & injections.If identified as triage nurse for the shift, will be the unit lead & manage unexpected influx of patients & the assignment per nurse.
Will communicate with MMH SPV, & lead resuscitations.Follows protocol for Pitocin drip administration.Follows standard of practice for pain management.Appropriately documents administration of meds on eMAR using BMV.Clarify orders with MD as needed.Administers medications in a timely manner.Performs 3-minute hand scrub prior to beginning each shift.Enforces visitation guidelines per policy.Performs responsibilities during Code Pink drills.Fills out critiques for emergency c-sections, resuscitations, & transfers.Knowledgeable in use of equipment.
Maintains equipment (cares for cables, etc.)
& reports problems with equipment.Attends monthly unit meetings & reads minutes of meetings.
Attends mandatory inservices & meetings.Up-to-date with fetal monitoring seminars as requiredCompletes monthly competency articles/tests.Takes the initiative to increase knowledge & skills by reading, practicing with equipment.
Looks up diagnosis, treatments, & medications that you are not knowledgeable about.Up-to-date on Neonatal Resuscitation certification.Up-to-date on mock codes.Completes projects & assignments accurately & timely.
Is productive during "downtime".Verifies, acknowledges, & signs off on orders timely & accurately.Documentation is done "real time" at point of contact in patient room.Physicians are notified of non-reassuring fetal heart tracing, variances, change in status; accurately & timely.Verbal/telephone orders are "written, read back" & clarified.Communicates pertinent information with manager in a timely manner.Functions as part of a multidisciplinary team.Can navigate efficiently through EHR to find necessary patient information.Required Skills/Abilities: Strong customer service skillsEffectively communicates both verbal & writtenAble to multi-task, prioritize,interpret & be assertive when necessary.Able to perform basic nursing skillsAble to use medical equipment, i.e.
vital signs machine (temp, pulse, respiration, blood pressure), fetal monitors, & radiant warmers.Able to operate basic office equipment.Education and Experience:Minimum Associates degree in nursing, Bachelor's degree preferred.No work experience required.Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Indiana.Physical Requirements: Constant walking, standing, talking & use of hands; frequent reaching.May need to lift up to 25 lbs; occasionally up to 50 lbs