Travel Nurse RN - Labor/Delivery in Fairfield, CA

**Job Title:** Clinical Nurse (RN)
**Job Specialty:** Labor & Delivery
**Job Duration:** 8 Weeks
**Shift:** Night - 3x12 - 7 PM - 7 AM
**Guaranteed Hours:** 36 Hours per Week
**Experience:** Minimum of three years (3) acute care experience required.
**License:** Registered Nurse License
**Certifications:** AHA BLS, ACLS
**Must-Have:**
- Graduate from an accredited school of professional registered nursing
- Associate Degree or BSN accepted
- Proficient communication skills (written, verbal, electronic)
- Willingness to float to sister facilities and other departments as needed
**Job Description:**
- Deliver safe, effective, quality nursing care according to the philosophy and goals of the Department of Nursing.
- Utilize Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring and the professional nursing practice model to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
- Determine patient progress toward goals and maintain a therapeutic relationship with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team.
- Provide care based on the specific physiological, developmental, and psychosocial needs of the patient.
- Demonstrate current working knowledge and safe use of equipment, instrumentation, and medications.
- Formulate care plans ensuring safety, comfort, hygiene, and disease prevention for the patient.
- Perform essential nursing skills, educate patients and families on health care needs, and evaluate care plan effectiveness.
- Delegate tasks appropriately and supervise nursing care provided by the care team.
- Act as a patient advocate, initiating action to improve health care as needed.
- Coordinate patient care activities with nurses, physicians, allied health professionals, and ancillary care team members.
- Ensure culturally competent, age-appropriate, ethical care within legal standards.
- Meet or exceed unit and organizational patient satisfaction goals through interactions with patients and families.
- Assist in resolving complaints promptly and investigate complaints to provide information to management.
- Perform other duties as assigned.