Job Location : Mechanicsville,VA, USA
Description
Introduction
Are you looking for a place to deliver excellent care patients deserve? At Johnston-Willis Hospital we support our colleagues in their positions. Join our Team as a Registered Nurse RN Neonatal Admissions and access programs to assist with every stage of your career.
* Full Time Night Shift *
Benefits
Johnston-Willis Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
Learn more about Employee Benefits
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Are you a continuous learner? With more than 94,000 nurses throughout HCA Healthcare, we are one of the largest employers of nurses in the United States. Education is key to excellence! As a majority owner of Galen College of Nursing, which joins Research College of Nursing and Mercy School of Nursing as educational facilities within the HCA Healthcare family, we make it easier and more affordable to gain certifications and job skills. Apply today for our Registered Nurse RN Neonatal Admissions opening and continue to learn!
Job Summary and Qualifications
The purpose of this role is to maintain a neonatal competent nurse in labor and delivery for the management and care of the newborn from birth through the first 2 hours of life. The Registered Nurse RN Neonatal Admissions will begin shift by attending safety huddle at the main nurse's station in labor and delivery.
What will you do in this role:
1. Attend deliveries, as nurse is available, and function as the primary NRP-certified nurse attending to the infant.
a. If delivery is located in the OR, NAN/NICU nurse will perform skin to skin assistance as requested.
2. Provide the initial steps of NRP.
3. Support skin to skin care, after delivery.
4. Report and assign Apgar scores for 1 minute and 5 minutes of life.
5. Assure cord blood and cord segment are collected and labeled appropriately.
6. Obtain infants initial vital signs.
7. Obtain infant footprints and place bands on infant, mother, and support individual.
8. Call infant to admission and alert nursery charge nurse of infant's delivery.
1. Newborn assessment will begin no earlier than 45 minutes of life and no later than 1 hours 30 minutes of life.
a. If at any time infant's care will be delayed for over 1 hours and 45 minutes after birth, obtain vital signs and administer medications to infant. Alert Nursery charge that the infant's full head to toe assessment should be completed upon admission to MBU.
2. Scan and administer admission medications to infant.
3. Perform a head to toe assessment and document in infants EMR.
4. Assure all infant paperwork, cord clamp, and ID stickers are placed in the infant's folder located in the front of Mom's chart.
5. Call report to the MBU nurse who will be assuming care of the infant. If there is no nurse assigned, report should be called to nursery charge RN.
What qualifications you will need:
CJW Medical Center is comprised of Chippenham Hospital and Johnston-Willis Hospital. We have served the greater Richmond Virginia area for over 100 years. Our campuses offer services in orthopedics, joint care, behavioral health, cancer care, and neurology. We have been recognized as a top performer on Key Quality Measures. Our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
Good people beget good people. - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If growth and continued learning is important to you, we encourage you to apply for our Registered Nurse RN Neonatal Admissions opening. Our team will promptly review your application. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.