RN Specialty Labor and Delivery-Obstetrics
Stuttgart, Arkansas
Posted Aug 14 · New grads welcomed · reported
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- L&D
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Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights · 3 a week · 36 hours
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- New graduates
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About this role
- Department: Obstetrics
- Shift: Night
- Working Hours: 1830 to 0700
Summary
A Registered Nurse is responsible for planning, organizing, and administering care within the scope of his/her training and expertise, collaborating with other disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes is met. This is done in conjunction with the objectives and policies of the hospital and the Nurse Practice Act of the state of Arkansas.
A Labor and Delivery Nurse is a Registered Nurse who provides nursing care to women and their infants before, during, and after birth. The Labor and Delivery Nurse assists the physician with all aspects of pregnancy and birth, assists the surgeons during cesarean sections, and cares for women who experience complications with their pregnancies or birth processes. The nursing roles during this phase focus on assessing the patient and developing a plan of care designed to meet the physical, psychological, educational/health literacy, sociocultural and spiritual needs of the patient and family. The Labor and Delivery nurse should be meticulous with strong attention to detail.
You should be caring, compassionate, and knowledgeable on all aspects of pregnancy, labor, and birth, as well as post-pregnancy care, complications and treatments.
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A new RN graduate from an accredited nursing program or Registered Nurse in good standing, and licensed to practice in the state of Arkansas. BSN preferred. Applies basic knowledge and skills to meet standard of care. Is able to practice as a full partner of an interdisciplinary team. Healthcare CPR required, some areas may require ACLS, PALS and/or NALS - training is provided. Specialty units require and will provide specific specialty education.
This job will be authorized 72.00 hours bi-weekly.
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Requirements
- RN
- AR RN license
- Experience working with neonates
- Obstetric surgery assistance experience
- CPR Certification
- Nursing
- Labor & delivery
- Infants
- RN License
- BLS Certification
Place
- City
- Stuttgart, Arkansas
- Median rent
- $872/mo
- Local household income
- $49,399/yr
- State price level
- 13% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Arkansas index 86.9, where 100 is the national average.
Stuttgart is a small Arkansas Delta town famous as the Rice and Duck Capital of the World, hosting the annual World's Champion Duck Calling Contest. Surrounded by rice fields and wetlands, it offers a quiet, close-knit rural community for nurses seeking small-town living.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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Labor & Delivery has an opening for new graduates. New grads welcomed · reported. See this posting’s qualifications and orientation details.
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