Nurse Labor and Delivery
Nurse Labor and Delivery
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Overview
Dignity Healths Mercy Gilbert Medical Center is nationally known for our holistic approach to medicine and here you are a part of a golden thread of compassionate care that connects staff and patients. While walking through the Healing Gardenwith its intertwined pathways garden areas and fountainsyoure reminded of our dedication to honoring the whole person. Embracing total well-being then seeing patients and their loved ones respond positively is personally rewarding to you.
Mercy Gilbert is a modern 212-bed acute care not-for-profit community hospital in the Phoenix areas East Valley. We offer a full breadth of care from emergency and cardiovascular to pediatric orthopedic and diagnostic services. Since opening in June 2006 we have been named the #1 Small-Sized Acute Care Hospital by Arizona Business Magazine and the #1 Healing Hospital in the Nation by Baptist Healing Trust. Weve also been named Business of the Year by the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce. Youre proud of these awards but even more youre proud of the solace serenity and reprieve youre able to provide here.
Living in Phoenixs relatively new suburb of Gilbert Arizona you treasure its old-world charm mixed with modern-day luxuries. This urban center has all the shopping restaurants and culture your heart desires with all the outdoor activities your spirit needs. There are nearby lakes for boating wakeboarding and water skiing while Flagstaff and Sunrise offer winter skiing and snowboarding. Arizona has four professional sports teams and youre a year-round fan. You look forward to all the activities but then again at the end of a busy day taking a moment to relax poolside and reflect sounds good too. The scenery the climate and the culture present the perfect backdrop for your healing work at Mercy Gilbert.
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Responsibilities
As a nurse in this department you will have varying roles and responsibilities. You may work in Obstetrics - triaging patients or perform screening exams on walk-ins or you may guide patients through a routine induction and delivery. Youre busy monitoring the mothers dilation progress while also keeping close watch on the babys fetal heart rate. Youll be coaching mom as the baby is delivered and providing updates and support to the patients partner and loved ones.
To thrive in this role youll need to appreciate that routine is never routine. We have some wonderful days in this department and get to be with people through huge milestones in their lives. We also have some hard days and are with people as they grieve. You must be sensitive and understanding to different circumstances. Above all else you must remain calm in an emergency. A patients status can change quickly and its never good for the patient or family to see the nurse in a panic. Youre calm. Youre in control. Youre handling the situation.
Responsibilities
- Triage walk-ins to determine if a patient is in labor water is broken false alarm etc
- Support pregnant patients in labor including induction epidural assistance (if needed) general pain management and fetal monitoring
- Assist and circulate in the operating room for cesarean sections tubal ligation cerclage and emergency procedures
- Educate patients on various interventions or procedures - medications (name and purpose) exams and labor stages
- Assess newborn and provide care.
- Communicate with the care management team including anesthesiologist physician or midwife lactation nurse charge nurse postpartum unit patient and family
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