Travel Nurse RN - Labor/Delivery in Ellsworth, ME

**Job Title:** Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery
**Job Specialty:** Obstetrics
**Job Duration:** 13 Weeks
**Shift:** 7 PM - 7 AM, 12-Hour Nights
**Guaranteed Hours:** 36 Hours per Week
**Experience:** Minimum 2 Years (3 years LD experience if first-time traveler)
**License:** Registered Nurse License
**Certifications:**
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring
- STABLE (must be completed within 30 days of start)
**Must-Have:** Experience with all phases of labor and postpartum care, as well as care of well babies.
**Job Description:**
- Provide comprehensive care for patients in all stages of labor, delivery, and postpartum.
- Manage low-risk pregnancies; high-risk patients are transferred for labor and delivery.
- Handle post-partum hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia, HELLP, bilirubin babies, NAS babies, and feeders/growers.
- Care for well babies, including vital signs, thermoregulation, hypoglycemia, and bilirubin monitoring.
- Participate in C-sections to provide neonatal care (no circulation duties required).
- Support shoulder dystocia management, epidural management, and nitrous/spinal analgesia as requested.
- Work with a rooming-in model; no dedicated Nursery/Nursery RN, RN will care for babies.
- Ensure proper charting using the Cerner system.
- Collaborate with a team of nurses, midwives, and OB specialists as needed.
- Occasionally float to MS or ED for task support (no patient assignments).
- Follow AWHONN guidelines for patient ratios:
- 1:2 for laboring
- 1:1 for active labor
- 1:3-4 for couplets
- 1:2-3 for Med Surg
- Required to work every other weekend and holidays as scheduled.
- Must wear professional scrubs; procedural scrubs provided for OR only.
- Orientation includes general hospital and one shift on the unit.