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Nurse (Inpatient Clinical/OB-GYN)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Posted 43 days ago
About the Role
About the Position: This position is located within the Mother/Baby Unit of the Nursing Department at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany. A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
What You'll Do
- →Provide comprehensive professional nursing care to OB/GYN patients and their newborns with medical conditions ranging from routine care to those having complex complications requiring sophisticated, highly technical care and treatment.
- →Administer oxygen, IV fluids, amnioinfusion, blood products, and prescribed medications.
- →Initiate intravenous and indwelling catheters, and patient-controlled analgesia pumps.
- →Set up and operate specialized monitoring equipment including blood pressure monitoring, pulse oximetry, fetal heart rate monitors (internal and external), neonatal resuscitation equipment, cardiac monitoring, and infant warmers.
- →Provide perioperative care to include serving as the circulating RN for cesarean sections and additional obstetric surgical procedures as needed (i.e., dilatation and curettage, cervical cerclage, cesarean-hysterectomy).
- →Provide emergency care including initiation of life sustaining measures such as delivery, CPR, hypertension therapy, choking first aid, bleeding control, treatment of injuries, etc., and assists with advanced cardiac life support measures.
- →Review and revise nursing care plans as needed.
- →Coordinate with the multi-disciplinary team (i.e., providers, pharmacists) in the management of obstetric complications/emergencies and implement interventions to enhance outcomes for post-surgical and gynecologic patients.
- →Assign duties and delegate patient care to other registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, operating room technicians, and medical assistants.
- →Serve as a mentor, preceptor, and role model to experienced and fully trained obstetrical nurses as well as those not fully trained.
- →Provide evidence-based instructions and education to patient/significant other and/or family members/caregivers.
Requirements
- ✓See Qualifications section for education requirements
Personality Fit
Job ID: 32f17cf4-9e2c-40b6-ab96-ff0f531ae416
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