TX - L&D RN - Nights

Job Description:

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Participates in setting standards for patient care and nursing practice in obstetrical nursing.
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Manages the obstetrical patient and neonate during labor, delivery, and recovery to include operative procedures. Length of recovery care determined by patient condition, minimum two hours.
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Manages obstetrical medical conditions including preeclampsia, eclampsia, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, premature rupture of amniotic membranes, repeat or scheduled cesarean section, or the induction or augmentation of labor, according to ACOG standards and Gonzales Healthcare Policy.
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Performs non-stress tests.
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Provides psychosocial care to the patient and family to include assessment of needs. Provides nursing interventions with complete, legible documentation.
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Develops, implements, and maintains current maternal/child nursing care policies, procedures and practices.
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Identifies problem areas of patient care and assists in formulating plans of action or taking action to solve them.
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Actively engages in the development of nursing staff to provide quality maternal/child nursing care.
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Provides care appropriate for the neonate and the pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric patients served based on demonstrated knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
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Assesses and interprets data on the neonate and the pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric patients status to identify adolescent, and geriatric patients status to identify patients requirements relative to their age-specific needs and provides care needed as stipulated in departmental policy.
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Performs admission, discharge, and daily assessment of all patients on the unit.
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Assesses and interprets fetal strips.
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Delegates tasks as appropriate to licensed vocational nurses according to their scope of practice.
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Assesses the supplies needed and stocks the area at the end of each patient encounter.
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Assures equipment is maintained in good working condition.
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Uses Professional Nursing behaviors and critical thinking as the basis for decision making in nursing practice.
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Obtain client history using appropriate collection tools to obtain physical, psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, familial, occupations, and environmental information.
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Performs basic assessment to identify health status and monitor for change.
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Collects, validates, and reports assessment data using established assessment tools.
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Identifies overt and covert, actual and potential healthcare needs of client.
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Analyzes and interprets health data of clients.
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Selects nursing diagnosis and develops Plan of Care from a standardized source based upon analysis of health data.
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Identifies short and long-term goals and selects interventions in conjunction with clients and families.
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Contributes to, evaluates & updates nursing plan of care.
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Communicates plan of care to nurses and other healthcare providers and establishes goals that are realistic, specific, measurable and progressive.
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Compares expected and achieved outcomes of nursing care by modifying plan of care and/or expected outcomes.
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Promotes a safe, effective care environment conductive to the optimal health and dignity of the client.
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Selects and carries out appropriate activities to assist client to meet basic physiologic needs including oxygenation, nutrition, circulation, elimination, activity, comfort, rest, sleep, and carries out measures to promote rehabilitation.
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Selects and carries out appropriate measures to promote psychosocial well-being and fosters client growth during developmental transitions and alterations in health status.
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Uses independent clinical judgment and established protocols appropriately.
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Transcribes or co-signs physician orders completely and accurately according to Gonzales Healthcare Systems policy and administers medications and treatments according to Gonzales Healthcare Systems policy.
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Administers medications and treatments, evaluates and documents responses to treatments and medications and communicates same to other healthcare professionals accurately and legibly according to Gonzales Healthcare Systems policy.
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Completes all appropriate transfer and discharge forms according to Gonzales Healthcare Systems policy.
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Assists healthcare providers with treatment and procedures.
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Adjusts priorities for nursing interventions in emergencies.
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Performs basic nursing procedures and skills safely and effectively.
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Using the Nursing process, develops and implements teaching plan for clients and their families concerning promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health in a timely manner.
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Provides for the care of multiple clients and their families through either direct care or assignment and/or delegation of care.

Position Urgency:
Quick Start

Shifts:
Nights

State License Details:
Must Be Currently Active

Minimum Years of Experience:
Less than 1 year

Minimum Guaranteed Hours:
36

Specialty Type:
Nursing

Sub Specialty:
Labor and Delivery Nurse

General Certifications:
BLS/BCLS

Bilingual:
No

EMR Used:
Cerner

Vacation Coverage Required:
Yes