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Mercy Health
Summary of Primary Function
The Obstetrics (OB) Registered Nurse (RN) addresses the care provided to healthcare consumers in the context of women-, newborn-, and family-centered care and includes those who do not self-identify as women or exclusively as women, as well as all people parenting newborns. The competent and proficient OB RN provides, coordinates, plans and evaluates nursing care and supervises licensed and unlicensed associates in nursing care delivery within established nursing procedures, professional standards and organizational mission/policies/philosophies. This RN demonstrates the ability to care for patients in the outpatient and/or acute obstetrical setting as part of an interprofessional team focused on achieving the best individual maternal/neonatal/gynecology/women's health and population outcomes.
Essential Job Functions
This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. Employees maybe required to perform other job related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.
Licensing/Certification
Current RN license in the state in which they are working or covered by compact (required)
BLS Basic Life Support (preferred upon hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care.)
NRP Neonatal Resuscitation Program (preferred upon hire, must obtain within 6 months of hire)
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (preferred)
Work Experience
1 year of RN experience (required)
Recent OB, ED or critical care experience (preferred)
Training
Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) (preferred)
Skills
Assigns patient care according to the nursing skill, knowledge and scope of practice of staff.
Orients, facilitates learning experience and provides education (based upon quality improvement indicators to nursing staff and others.
Possesses clinical knowledge, skills and competency to provide evidence based patient care in accordance with the current standards of practice, policy and procedure and the BSMH mission.
Performs comprehensive assessment of patient's clinical condition and psychosocial needs of the patient and their supportive resources.
Safely and efficiently develops, implements and prioritizes plan of care.
Application of the nursing process in the patient care delivery.
Assesses patient's physical and emotional responses to treatment to evaluate effectiveness of intervention and patient outcomes; revises plan of care accordingly.
Assists patient and family in coping with patient's illness.
Collaborates with others in the delivery of coordinated patient care.
Strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills.
Applies cultural diversity and inclusion principles when caring for patients and their support resources.
Recognizes own limitations and seeks assistance and acquires information to perform safely.
Advances personal and professional growth through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-services and workshops.
Exhibits professionalism through accountability for own and delegated actions.
Integrates cost-effective measures into practice and models effective stewardship of available resources.
Practices self-care and cultivates resilience in conflict and difficult circumstances.
Protects the safety and privacy of all persons.
Understanding and utilization of office and clinical technologies.
Ability to communicate with patients in a manner they can understand considering their personal preferences.
Compassionate, relationship based approach to help find meaning, illness, suffering, pain and existence.
Remains calm, adaptive and collective during an emergency.
Caring for mother/fetal dyad.
Resuscitation and stabilization of mother/fetal dyad.
Breastfeeding support and education
Teaching self/neonate/infant care, discharge teaching, planning and follow up.
Age-and department specific emergency and life saving equipment
Ability to recognize, understand and communicate family dynamics and parent/child relationship.
Advanced care management skills in caring for the unstable, acute or chronically ill neonate.
Patient Population
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit
Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development of the life span and possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age, specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the departmental policies and procedures.
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