Job Description
Serves as a registered nurse specialist in Inpatient Obstetrics and Maternal-Newborn providing specialized and comprehensive antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum nursing care to normal and high-risk obstetric patients. All high-risk/critical conditions require close observation, assessment and documentation for acute changes in patient condition. As appropriate, assumes circulation role in the operating room for scheduled or emergent cesarean-sections and hysterectomies. Provides nursing care to patients during post-anesthesia recovery. As appropriate, serves as the OB Triage Nurse, independently or in collaboration with Provider assesses and evaluates obstetrical outpatients 20 weeks gestation or greater. Provides care to patients presenting for both complicated and uncomplicated pregnancy and labor concerns. Provides newborn care for vaginal deliveries, routine scheduled Cesarean and emergent cesarean sections. Implements routine or high risk transition care protocols for normal and high risk newborns following delivery. Possesses skills in the performance of infant respiratory tasks. Performs newborn physical assessments using standardized newborn assessment tools.