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Birth Assistant RN
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$23.98 - $34.78 an hour
- The Registered Nurse Birth Assistant functions at each Birth to directly assist and under the supervision of the Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) as the “second pair of hands” during births and/or emergencies, cares for the family during labor and immediately following the birth and during the postpartum period.
- Provide patient care based on practice guidelines, standards of care, and federal/state laws and regulationsContact: Responsible to be available as needed, days, nights, weekends and holidays and to keep reliable contact information, both by cell phone and to keep the answering service and the CNM informed as to how to be reached.
- Intrapartum Care: At the direction of the CNM: care for, provide and support early labor and labor (i.e. fluids, positioning, bath tub and sibling support.)
- Assist with delivery, resuscitation, any third stage maternal emergencies, as example: fundal massage, oxytoxic administration, IV therapy preparation, contacting physician and/or ambulance, etc.
- Immediate Postpartum Care: Vital signs; ongoing assessment of fundus and bleeding, assistance mother with comfort measure and newborn with establishing breastfeeding; cord blood to lab courier, if indicated.
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