RN – OB Inpatient (Labor & Delivery) PRN

Avera Health; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 40,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO from day 1 for eligible hires

Employer matching 5%

Career development

Job summary

Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for obstetric inpatient care. This PRN role involves rotating day/night shifts, with on-site work at the hospital.

You will provide nursing care, develop care plans, educate patients and families, and collaborate with the health care team. A minimum of 2 years obstetric inpatient experience is required; active RN license in the state of practice.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in the state of practice.
• Minimum of 2 years obstetric inpatient (Labor and Delivery/ Fetal Heart Monitoring) experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions; communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team; coordinating with other healthcare providers; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends; conferring with physicians.
• Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining patients; documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors; conferring with family and friends; developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.
• Teaches healthcare requirements by establishing patient care goals; instructing patient, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.
• Evaluates patient care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care standards; reviewing patient records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy patient care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Keeps patient care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
• Keeps patient care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.
• Maintains competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Team coordination

Infection control

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing

Job description

Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for obstetric inpatient care. This PRN role involves rotating day/night shifts, with on-site work at the hospital.

You will provide nursing care, develop care plans, educate patients and families, and collaborate with the health care team. A minimum of 2 years obstetric inpatient experience is required; active RN license in the state of practice.