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IP REGISTERED NURSE - OB

Margaret Mary Health • Batesville, IN, US • 23h ago

Job Category: Professionals

Requisition Number: IPREG001241

Posting Details

Posted: April 21, 2025

Part-Time

On-site

Locations

Batesville, IN 47006, USA

Job Details

Description

$3,000 Sign-On Bonus!!

Location/Department: Hospital - OB/New Beginnings

48/pp nights Weekend Option

Job Summary:

Provide family-centered nursing care & education to the antepartum, laboring, postpartum, maternal newborn couplets & special care nursery patients/families. Provide perinatal & follow-up testing & visits. Directly supervises nursing assistants & unit secretary. Requires interpretation of fetal monitoring. Provides basic resuscitative care for newborns in the delivery room. Technical responsibilities (i.e. computer, Mobilab, hearing screen).

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Duties/Responsibilities:

Uses only approved abbreviations.
Understands patient safety goals & actions taken.
Uses 2 patient identifiers before giving treatments, demonstrates process.
Understands read back of verbal orders/critical lab values & can state process.
Understands procedure to clarify physician orders.
Uses standing orders when indicated.
Accurately calls report to MD as warranted by condition; reports to other providers as needed.
Reports sentinel events or adverse drug reactions or incidents as warranted.
Uses final verification before invasive procedures & can verbalize correct process & documents in EHR.
Reassesses patient in response to changes in condition after intervention as needed & documents in EHR.
Communicates with & provides education to patients, caregivers, & family members in a timely manner (using respect & dignity when dealing with death & dying) & documents in EHR.
Documentation of fetal heart interpretation is accurate & timely.
Provides & documents patient & family teaching from time of admission throughout stay & documents every shift.
Provides family centered, couplet care. Includes family in care & teaching. Does not separate mother & baby unless medically necessary.
Assessments are complete & timely.
Communication is variance/problem focused & appropriate interventions taken.
Care plans are initiated, individualized, & updated.
Participates in follow-up calls, follow-up NB visits & preadmission phone calls.
Participates in outpatient visits, NST, OB checks, & injections.
If identified as triage nurse for the shift, will be the unit lead & manage unexpected influx of patients & the assignment per nurse. Will communicate with MMH SPV, & lead resuscitations.
Follows protocol for Pitocin drip administration.
Follows standard of practice for pain management.
Appropriately documents administration of meds on eMAR using BMV.
Clarify orders with MD as needed.
Administers medications in a timely manner.
Performs 3-minute hand scrub prior to beginning each shift.
Enforces visitation guidelines per policy.
Performs responsibilities during Code Pink drills.
Fills out critiques for emergency c-sections, resuscitations, & transfers.
Knowledgeable in use of equipment. Maintains equipment (cares for cables, etc.) & reports problems with equipment.
Attends monthly unit meetings & reads minutes of meetings. Attends mandatory inservices & meetings.
Up-to-date with fetal monitoring seminars as required
Completes monthly competency articles/tests.
Takes the initiative to increase knowledge & skills by reading, practicing with equipment. Looks up diagnosis, treatments, & medications that you are not knowledgeable about.
Up-to-date on Neonatal Resuscitation certification.
Up-to-date on mock codes.
Completes projects & assignments accurately & timely. Is productive during “downtime”.
Verifies, acknowledges, & signs off on orders timely & accurately.
Documentation is done “real time” at point of contact in patient room.
Physicians are notified of non-reassuring fetal heart tracing, variances, change in status; accurately & timely.
Verbal/telephone orders are “written, read back” & clarified.
Communicates pertinent information with manager in a timely manner.
Functions as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Can navigate efficiently through EHR to find necessary patient information.

Required Skills/Abilities:

Strong customer service skills
Effectively communicates both verbal & written
Able to multi-task, prioritize,interpret & be assertive when necessary.
Able to perform basic nursing skills
Able to use medical equipment, i.e. vital signs machine (temp, pulse, respiration, blood pressure), fetal monitors, & radiant warmers.
Able to operate basic office equipment.

Education and Experience:

Minimum Associates degree in nursing, Bachelor’s degree preferred.
No work experience required. OB experience preferred.
Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Indiana.

Physical Requirements:

Constant walking, standing, talking & use of hands; frequent reaching.

May need to lift up to 25 lbs; occasionally up to 50 lbs

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