Full time, Full Time
MUSC Health
Charleston, SC
Job Description Summary Job Summary/Purpose: Mother Baby/ Antepartum is a twenty-nine (29)-bed unit located on the 4th floor plus seven additional couplet care rooms on the 5th floor of the Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital / Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion. This unit provides GYN, postpartum, well-newborn, and antepartum care to those with normal and high risk pregnancies and fetal demises, in a family centered environment. Mother-baby couplet nursing is the primary model of care for the postpartum obstetrical patient. Family participation is encouraged and patient teaching is individualized according to the assessed knowledge deficits of the patient and her family. The normal newborn procedural area is located on the fourth floor of the main hospital and provides care for normal newborns not eligible for rooming in. Staffing mix includes Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Patient Care Technicians, and Unit Secretaries. Under general supervision, the Registered...