Registered Nurse - Baptist LDRP - Nights

The Registered Nurse provides care and education for the patient based on their illness, symptoms, and courses of treatment. This position manages individualized, goal-directed nursing care through use of the nursing process and the principles of primary nursing in accordance with departmental and hospital policies and procedures.

What you will do

• Assesses, identifies, and prioritizes patient and family needs to provide quality care to all patients. Develops, discusses, and communicates plan of care for each patient in collaboration with the care team.
• Safely delivers medications and treatments. Monitors and documents patient responses and upholds all safety policies and protocols including patient identification, risk mitigation ensuring a safe individualized plan of care.
• Performs continuous patient assessment, detects changes in condition, and communicates with appropriate care team members to support prompt clinical decision making.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation of care provided.
• Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit to facility meeting goals and objectives.
• Maintains current documentation and required licensure, certifications, required education, and competencies in accordance with unit scope of service and professional standards. Pursues professional growth and development.
• Assesses and evaluates status of the mother and fetus in labor and documents accurately. Facilitates comfort measures for the patient and support person(s).
• Facilitates nursing and emotional care in the intrapartum and postpartum period for patients that have suffered a fetal demise.

Qualifications

Minimum Education

• Technical Diploma/Certificate Nursing Required or
• Associates Degree Nursing Required
• Bachelor's Degree Nursing Preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse Licensed State of Florida or eligible compact state Upon Hire Required
• BLS for Healthcare Providers (BLS) American Heart Association Upon Hire Required
• ACLS Provider (ACLS) American Heart Association within 90 Days Required
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 Days Required

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Demonstrated proficiency in nursing, knowledge, and skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates knowledge to interpret maternal and fetal well-being and is able to implement nursing interventions to respond to those changes.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skill in nursing management of emergency situations. Displays knowledge of intrauterine resuscitation.
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to care for patients with epidural anesthesia during labor and in the postpartum period.
• Demonstrates knowledge in circulating for cesarean sections including sterile technique and use of OR equipment. Displays knowledge and skills needed for post-operative care in the Recovery Room.
• Knowledge and skill to assess and evaluate a newborn immediately after birth and through the hospital stay to include but not limited to: resuscitation per NRP guidelines, thermoregulation needs, Apgar scoring, infant bonding, breastfeeding, and required testing to include laboratory tests.