Description:
The Obstetrics (OB) Registered Nurse (RN) position is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care to patients by:
- Utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status
- Determining the priority of the patient’s problems and needs
- Implementing clinical nursing interventions to acute, critical patients that require intensive medical care
- Developing and performing patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes
- Ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment
Essential Functions:
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team
- Addresses the care provided to healthcare consumers in the context of woman-, newborn-, and family- centered care; and includes those who do not self-identify as women, or exclusively as women, as well as all people parenting newborns
- Provides episodic (outpatient) and inpatient (at designated units) Obstetrical/Women's Health nursing care where applicable
- Applies the nursing process in the care of women during pregnancy, birth, postpartum, gynecological, and other women's health issues and the neonate from birth until discharge with differing gestational ages, diagnoses, and complications
- Delivers care to women of all ages requiring triage, prioritization, assessment, education, stabilization, resuscitation, and emergency management
- Administer medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and the organization’s policies and procedures
- Other duties as assigned
Education:
- Graduate of an accredited Associates degree or Bachelors degree in Nursing