Travel Nurse RN - Labor/Delivery in Merced, CA

Weekly Pay Range - $2795 To $3105

**Job Title:** Registered Nurse (RN)
**Job Specialty:** Labor and Delivery (L&D)
**Job Duration:** 12 months
**Shift:** 12 Hour Nights, 2 weekends every 4 weeks, 2 out of 3 major holidays
**Guaranteed Hours:** 36 hours per week
**Experience:** Minimum 2 years
**License:** Required
**Certifications:** ACLS, Advanced Fetal Monitoring, BLS, NRP
**Must-Have:** Strong IV skills, ability to circulate C-sections, willingness to teach and educate newer nurses, comfort with evidence-based algorithms, adherence to baby-friendly and golden hour protocols
**Job Description:**
- The unit averages 200-240 births per month, with 9 beds and 7 triage beds.
- Nurses are expected to follow AWHONN ratios, 1 to 2 if caring for a magnesium patient.
- Utilizes Cerner, fetal link, and McRoberts mychild for electronic medical records and infant tracking.
- Charge nurse available on each shift.
- OB Techs serve as Nurse Aides.
- Weekend requirement is 3 shifts every 4 weeks.
- Holiday work varies–may be every other holiday.
- Hospital provides scrub color.
- No telemetry or ventilation equipment is present in the unit.
- OB specialists are on-site 24/7, anesthesia available on-call 24/7.
- The unit requires nurses to have strong IV skills, with a respiratory therapist and pharmacy available 24/7.
- No call is required, but there will be opportunities.
- Shifts start at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., with nurses expected to be dressed, ready, and obtain report at the start.
- Floating may be required to the postpartum area.
- Floor-specific orientation includes 3 shifts.
- Common diagnoses include antepartum patients (e.g., those on magnesium treatment).
- A satellite NICU, level 2, is physically located in the hospital and attends deliveries as needed.
- Emphasizes baby-friendly experiences and hourly rounds.
- Nurses perform bedside reports and documentation; circumcisions are not performed here.
- Comfort in working with diverse patient populations is important.
- Hospital may cancel shifts up to 3 times per contract; each cancellation may be a full or partial shift.