Florida Hospital Altamonte offers a comprehensive range of maternity services. Expect Wonders!
Come experience the difference of our fully renovated labor and delivery and private mother/baby rooms with added amenities to create special memories. Our dedicated team of nurses has more than 160 years of combined experience, caring for generations of babies.
The newly renovated unit includes 18 private rooms, birthing rooms, and two birthday suites (spacious rooms with a home-like environment). We range between 80 - 100 deliveries per month.
Lactation services are available seven days a week, as well as 24-hour in-house anesthesia services. For critically ill infants, our maternity unit is backed by a Level III Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Florida Hospital Orlando. A transport team is available 24-hours a day to transport critically ill neonatal patients.
L&D registered nurses provide care to women and their newborns during the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and neonatal stages of this important life event. They assess each mother and baby and develop an individualized plan of care. L&D registered nurses collaborate with physicians and other health care providers to provide the best plan of care for each patient. They implement the plan of care by monitoring the mother and baby and by teaching patients about their care and topics related to women’s health and newborn care. L&D nurses evaluate the effectiveness of the care plan and modify it as needed to meet the changing needs of the mother, newborn, and family. They also provide psychosocial and emotional support to patients and families.
L&D registered nurses assume many different roles, including:
- Antepartum Nurse – provides care to patients who have complications of pregnancy requiring hospitalization.
- L&D Nurse – provides care to patients in labor who have uncomplicated or complicated deliveries.
- Circulating Nurse – manages patient care in the Operating Room during a cesarean delivery.
- Scrub Nurse – works directly with the surgeons during a cesarean delivery by passing instruments, etc, to the physicians.
- Postpartum Nurse – provides care to patients who have recently delivered
L&D nursing requires empathy, critical thinking, decision-making, and communication skills. Most L&D nurses have some general medical-surgical nursing background. They must be able to communicate well with patients, families, and other health care providers. They must be skilled in prioritizing patient needs and cope well with a fast-paced, potentially stressful environment.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Graduate of a school of nursing.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
· Basic Life Support
· NRP
PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
ACLS, PALS (based on patient population)
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:
Current registration with Florida State Board of Nursing as a registered professional nurse.
Graduate professional nurses who do not have an authorization to test (seating pass) will have a limited scope of practice as outlined in GN orientation
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Demonstrates through behavior Florida Hospital’s Core Values of Integrity, Care, Balance, Excellence, Stewardship and Teamwork as outlined in the organization’s Performance Excellence Program.
· Performs properly and legibly documents and reports all procedures and assessments in accordance with department policy.
· Obtains or delegates the obtaining of a nursing history. Evaluates for age-appropriate behavior motor skills and physiological norms of the patient. Completes the admission assessment, including pain screening. Completes all follow-up assessments and evaluations. Assesses for signs of abuse or neglect.
· Demonstrates the ability to assess and interpret diagnostic data relative to patient age and condition.
· Able to identify individualized plan of care. Identifies needs and develops/modifies plan of care.
· Interprets and verifies physician orders correctly. Investigates questionable situations. Performs treatments and administers medications according to policy and procedure. Functions appropriately in clinical emergencies. Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and medications.
· Evaluates patients’ developmental level, identifies increased physical/emotional dependency needs and evaluates availability of support system consistent with the age of the patient served.
· Identifies the need for patient teaching and utilizes each opportunity for teaching on a planned or spontaneous basis.
· Participates in practice changes as a result of performance improvement activities. Demonstrates accurate documentation and monitoring of activities as needed. Supports quality standards and initiatives set by the department.
· Follows CDC isolation guidelines, demonstrates appropriate use of PPE, performs hand-washing according to policy and enforces safety regulations.
· Exhibits desire to learn and upgrade nursing skills. Performs other duties as assigned or directed to ensure the smooth operation of the department or unit.
The above statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities necessary to describe the principal functions of the job, as identified, and shall not be considered an exhaustive list of job responsibilities which may be inherent in the job. Responsibilities are subject to change.
