Registered Nurse - Maternal Child/ Post Partum

Matrix Providers is hiring a Maternal Child/Post Partum Registered Nurse (RN) to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our Military Service Members and their families in Tacoma, WA.

• Status: Full-time
• Compensation: $36.05 - $63.20/hr
• Schedule: Monday – Sunday, Various Scheduled Shifts Available;
• Actual shifts worked may include: 7:00 AM-7:30 PM, 7:00 PM-07:30 AM, 7:00 AM -3:30 PM, 11:00 AM-7:30 AM, 3:00 PM-11:30 PM and 11:00 PM-7:30 AM

Requirements: The Maternal Child/Post Partum Registered Nurse (RN) must have and meet the following:

• Degree: A diploma, Associates, Bachelors, Masters or Doctorate in Nursing
• Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) from a professional nursing program at the time the program was completed by the applicant.
• Experience: One year experience in the required specialty is preferred.
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse.

Job Summary:

• Provide comprehensive professional nursing care to postpartum mothers and neonates. Experience caring for postoperative patients. The RNs are responsible for mothers and infant(s) throughout tour of duty and have extensive knowledge and experience and have the skill for concentrated effort and self-motivation to carry out patient care requirements.
• Obtains patient history, and pertinent family history, and advanced medical directive information. Observes, assesses, and records symptoms, reactions, and progress: assists physicians during treatments and examinations; administers medication and prescribed treatments, completes admissions and discharges, and promote convalescence and rehabilitation, RNs are responsible for monitoring and interpretation of collected data by the LVNs and unlicensed assisted personnel informing the medical staff as appropriate.
• Functions as a patient advocate. Assesses patient/family knowledge level, develops and implements a plan of instruction and documents demonstrated level of understanding. Assessment plans will be targeted at age specific needs. Each nurse will manually and/or electronically document all patient care given and the progress of the patient utilizing the MAMC documentation standards in the patients' medical record.
• The RN assesses the patient and plans for appropriate nursing care. The care provided is documented in the patient's medical record along with their progress. RNs also develop and manage nursing care plans; instructs patients and their families in proper care; and helps individuals and groups take steps to improveor maintain their health.

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