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Heywood Hospital

Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery - $2,024 per week

Heywood Hospital, Gardner, Massachusetts, us, 01440


Certification Details

CPR requiredNRP certified or ability to obtain NRP certification within 90 days of hireAHA-ACLS required for L&DMust have/complete AWHONN's Introduction to Fetal MonitoringMust have/attend AWHONN's Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitoring within 1 yearJob Details

Essential Functions: Assesses (and reassesses), plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions/plans of care/patient goals.Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient's sense of dignity and positive self-regard.Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary.Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g., seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes the need for emergency intervention, etc.).Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions, and patient responses according to established standards.Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g., functions as a preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e., appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).Identifies ethical issues in care and develops a plan to address.Statement of Other Duties: This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.Job Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursingMinimum one-year med/surg experience requiredMaternity experience preferredCurrent MA licenseIV competent, CPR requiredNRP certified or ability to obtain NRP certification within 90 days of hire.AHA-ACLS required for L&DFor nurses working L&D, must have/complete AWHONN's Introduction to Fetal Monitoring and also must have/attend AWHONN's Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitoring within 1 year