Travel Nurse RN - Labor/Delivery in Yuma, AZ

**Job Title:** Registered Nurse (RN)
**Job Specialty:** Labor and Delivery (L&D)
**Job Duration:** 13 weeks
**Shift:** 12 Hours, Days (6:45 AM - 7:15 PM)
**Guaranteed Hours:** 36 hours per week
**Experience:** Minimum of 2 years in Labor and Delivery
**License:** Active Nursing License (Compact or relevant state license)
**Certifications:** BLS, NRP, AWHONN-Intermediate or Advanced
**Must-Have:** Epic experience required, ability to perform vaginal exams, initiate IVs, and manage labor and delivery-related procedures.
**Job Description:**
- Work in a unit with 9 L&D beds, 2 C-section operating rooms, and 7 triage beds.
- Manage an average of 9 births per day.
- Follow AWHONN guidelines, typically maintaining a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:1 or 1:2.
- Handle common cases including 28 weeks gestation and above, hypertension, and patients with no prenatal care.
- Provide care for a diverse patient population with a significant number of Spanish-speaking individuals.
- Perform duties such as scalp electrode placement, circulating during C-sections, newborn transitions, assisting anesthesiology, IV starts, blood draws, and assigning APGARS.
- Manage postpartum hemorrhage control and work with epidurals and amnio infusion.
- Titrate drips including magnesium, Pitocin, insulin, and blood.
- Collaborate with a charge nurse on each shift and OB techs.
- Work closely with in-house OB/Neonatologists available 24/7.
- Operate RT equipment including BVM for neonates and T-Piece resuscitators.
- Utilize an EFM system: CPN Centricity.
- Meet the weekend requirement of 3 shifts in a 4-week schedule, and comply with holiday scheduling policies.
- Potential to float across NICU/Peds/Women’s or MedSurg and ICU with appropriate assignments.
- Wear provided hospital scrubs during shifts.
**Note:** Applicants should confirm agreement with weekend and holiday requirements discussed during interviews.