What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse - Obstetrics position at Astera Health?
If you're an RN looking for a positive workplace culture focused on safety, quality and excellence, consider becoming part of the Astera team! Astera Health currently has a Registered Nurse (RN) opening in our OB department at the Wadena campus.
This position is part-time: 48 hours per biweekly pay period, 12-hour night shifts, with every third holiday and weekend rotation schedule.
Essential Duties:
- Coordinates the nursing plan of care with the medical orders to provide safe obstetrical care. Uses and documents the nursing process to provide individualized patient care. Observes, documents, and reports to the provider subjective/objective patient data in an accurate and timely manner.
- Assists the provider with examinations and procedures for safe maternal/infant care.
- Actively provides nursing care to laboring mothers and monitors laboring process.
- Provides safe individualized pain management through a multidisciplinary approach, as needed.
- Performs delivery preparations indicated, i.e., IV’s and pain management options.
- Uses and maintains equipment in obstetrical areas, i.e., fetal heart monitor, infant warmer, oxygen supplies, birthing bed, and stocks supplies to ensure safe, effective patient care.
- Sets up room for delivery and assists the provider in delivery care for the newborn. Scrubs in and assists in care of infant in C-section deliveries.
- Conducts and documents patient teaching and discharge instructions with patient, partner and significant others and appropriate health care providers to ensure safe continuity of care.
- Performs patient care activities to provide for the physical, social, psychological, and spiritual needs of the patient/family.
- Establishes and performs ongoing culturally sensitive patient/family teaching and discharge planning to meet the identified goals of the patient care plan. Encourages patient/family participation in assuring a safe hospital experience.
- Initiates and/or assists with Basic Cardiac Life Support in cardiopulmonary arrest (when indicated) using appropriate age and size related equipment for adult and neonatal emergencies.
- Relays and interprets patient data and information to ancillary departments and health agencies, i.e., test requests, transfer sheets, discharge forms, diagnostic study results, to accommodate continuity of care.
- Participates in performance improvement initiatives, identifies problems and acts related to opportunities for improvement for informal as well as formal patient needs and processes. Is especially concerned with patient safety and reduction in errors.
- Will be required to float to the Inpatient unit based on organizational needs.
Education and experience required:
- Current licensure as Registered Nurse (RN) in Minnesota
- Maintain active BLS Certification
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