RN Labor & Delivery

RN Labor & Delivery

Location : West Allis, WI 53227

Position : L&D RN - Crisis Rate | Contract

Hours : 40 hrs / week

Shift : 12-hr Night Shift (Three shifts / week)

Contract Dates : Dec 15, 2025 - Feb 7, 2026

Interview Required : Yes

Work Setting : Labor & Delivery unit only

Position Summary

The L&D RN will provide comprehensive care to laboring and postpartum patients, delivering expert support in labor, delivery, and recovery. This role focuses exclusively on L&D - no OB triage responsibilities - while collaborating with a full team including OB Techs, neonatologists, and anesthesiology staff.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 care for laboring patients, C-sections, and postpartum recovery.
• Manage antepartum and intrapartum patient care, including high-risk patients (e.g., preeclampsia, gestational diabetes).
• Catch babies and provide immediate newborn stabilization and recovery care.
• Assist with scheduled and unscheduled C-sections, cerclage placements, tubal ligations, and D&Cs as needed.
• Conduct vaginal exams and support laboring mothers.
• Manage non-obstetric co-morbidities : hypertension, diabetes, etc.
• Collaborate with OB Techs, CNAs, resource nurses, OB hospitalists, anesthesiologists, CRNAs, and neonatologists.
• Utilize EPIC for charting, Pyxis and Alaris for medication administration, and Client fetal monitors for continuous patient assessment.
• Float to postpartum, NICU (hold & feed), or MSU floors as needed without carrying a primary assignment outside L&D.

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