Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
San Bernardino, California
Saint Bernardine Medical Center

Required Certifications: NRP, ACLS, BLS, Advanced Fetal Monitoring.

Must hold an active BLS, ACLS, NRP, AWHONN, and CA License.

Required Certifications- NRP, ACLS, BLS, Advanced Fetal Monitoring.

Common diagnoses/Types of patients- Laboring, Inductions, cesareans, antepartum with issues, fetal demises, Triage patients of concerns of 20 weeks or greater.

Experience or 'Must have' skills- 2 years of current labor and delivery experience.

Are RNs required to titrate drips? - Yes.

Common titratable &/or set rate drips- Pitocin, insulin, magnesium.

Experience with EFM System- Fetal link with Cerner.

Weekend Requirement- 1 every other weekend.

Holiday Requirement- 1 major 2 minor.

Is there a call or standby requirement? - Yes, 1 on-call shift every 2 weeks.

# of OR Suites - 2 over on postpartum side.

# of triage beds - Triage is done in labor and delivery.

# of Postpartum beds - 0.

# of births per day, per year - 3-4 average a day, 1100 last year.

Are there nurse aids/surgical techs on this unit? - 1 OB Tech.

OB/Neonatologist in house 24/7? - Yes.

RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, BiPap, etc) - Pulse ox monitors used routinely.

Is there tele on this unit? Monitor Techs? RNs read strips? - Yes, for Mag moms.

Scrub Color/Dress code - They are light blue and supplied to them here every shift.

Unit/Department specific orientation - 1 day orientation.