Title:Post-Partum Registered Nurse

Overview:

• Job Category: Acute - Nursing - Local
• Skills: Two years of the following experience is required: Maternal and child experience IV Insertion and phlebotomy skill Conscious sedation
• Education: RN License – required
• Primary Source Verification – required
• IV Certification – required
• AHA BLS - required AHA ACLS - required NRP – required
• Conscious sedation certification - preferred
• Certifications & Licenses: IV Certification - RN License

The Post-Partum Registered Nurse provides care for post-partum patients and their newborns under the direction of the Maternal Child Director. Additionally, the post-partum nurse may attend deliveries and C-sections; and care for ante partum, and post-gynecological patients.

The registered nurse employs critical thinking to integrate objective data with knowledge gained from an assessment of the subjective experiences of patients. Registered nurses use this critical thinking process to apply the best available evidence and research data to the processes of diagnosis and treatment.

Nurses continually evaluate quality and effectiveness of nursing practice and seek to optimize outcomes.

Medical/clinical knowledge, technical and clinical skills, clinical judgment, interpersonal skills and communication as indicated in the current Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals are essential components of nursing practice.