Registered Nurse

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation L&D Registered Nurse Position Description Reports to: Chief Quality Officer Purpose: Care for women and their infants during labor and childbirth. They are responsible for assisting, supporting, and educating women during the four stages of delivery: antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and neonatal.

Responsibilities

● Providing support for the mother during labor ● Monitoring the fetal heart rate, and mother’s vital signs ● Measuring the strength and timing of contractions ● Administering medications and performing diagnostic tests ● Consulting with physicians and other members of the care team ● Assisting with inducing labor ● Coaching the mother during delivery ● Identifying and assisting with complications ● Assisting with various procedures, including Cesarean sections, ● Monitoring and performing tests on newborns ● Providing education and support to mothers and families after delivery ● Sits with and monitors patient throughout (before/during/after) the labor ● Monitors contractions and helps patient with breathing techniques ● Performs basic IV and central line skills ● Performs phlebotomy skills ● Assists or performs various procedures including insertion of IUPC and fetal scalp electrode, speculum exam, digital cervical exam, bedside ultrasound for position, and fetal monitoring ● Knowledge of hemodynamics ● Administers pain medication as ordered; administers other meds to address specific medical conditions, such as hypertension and diabetes ● Takes and records patient’s vital signs, ascertains if problematic ● Reads fetal monitor & ascertains if there is a problem with baby’s heart rate ● Identifies & manages life-sustaining physiological functions in unstable patients ● Checks patient’s cervix periodically to monitor progression/lack of dilation ● Ensures patient’s bed is kept dry & clean; cleans up bodily fluids expelled before & after the birthing process ● Contacts anesthesia when/if patient is ready for epidural; contacts delivering physician at appropriate time, ascertains proper time ● Cares for patients on Pitocin, MgSO4 & continuous lumbar epidural ● Ensures patient is in proper position for delivery & all monitoring equipment is functioning properly ● Aids doctor with drapes, gloves, gowns, etc.

; hands doctor delivery instruments as needed during birthing process ● Encourages patient to push at proper time(s) ● Records time of birth ● Immediate care of newborn (clean, weigh, etc.) ● Gives Apgar scores ● Keeps any family informed of progression of birth ● Performs other position-related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting ● Assists with quality projects related to obstetrics and women’s health ● Demonstrates ability to competently assess and recover a recovering OB patient ● Cares for infant following delivery including supporting rooming in, breastfeeding, and other new infant care issues Qualifications: ● Active Alabama Registered Nurse license ● Experience in L&D (minimum of 2 years) ● ACLS, ALSO, and PALS / NRP certified