Unit - L&D (Night Shift)

Must Have Skills

• Nurses must be independent and confident with vaginal exam, internal monitor placement, high risk laboring/delivery patients and antepartum patients.
• We circulate and recover our own C-Section patients,, and our nurses float to MB and take assignments and to other units as needed. 
• RNs will be expected to titrate drips - Magnesium Sulfate, Pitocin, Insulin, and Heparin
• 2:1 ratio normal laboring moms; 1:1 high risk labors, 4:1 couplet care: 2:1-4:1 Antepartum depending on acuity

Unit Notes

• Unit L&D # L&D Beds- 17 
• OR Suites on the unit for C-Sections- 2 
• Triage beds- 4 
• Postpartum beds- 16 
• Births per month - 250

Required Certifications

• ACLS (AHA)
• AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring (AFM)
• BLS (AHA)
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program)