Registered Nurse

The Perinatal Nurse works as part of a multidisciplinary team to assess, analyze, prioritize, plan and evaluate care to women and their families. Nursing care includes antenatal care, postpartum care, perinatal bereavement and gynecologic care.

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• Current Certificate of Registration with the College of Nurses on Ontario as a Registered Nurse 2.
• Diploma or Baccalaureate degree in Nursing 3.
• Current BCLS certification 4.
• Successful completion of a recognized Perinatal Certificate Program with a maternal-fetal focus (within the past 2 years), or evidence of current work in progress with a documented plan for completion or successful completion of the Canadian Nurses Association Perinatal Certification Exam (within the past 5 years) 5.
• Current Fetal Monitoring Certification from the Association of Women's Health and Obstetrical and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) or current experience in interpreting fetal heart tracings from an electronic fetal monitor 6.
• Recent (within the past 2 years) experience in the care and support of women and their families throughout pregnancy and postpartum 7.
• Recent experience in the care and support of patients and families experiencing perinatal loss 8.
• Attendance at the PAIL (perinatal and infant loss network) perinatal loss workshop 8.
• Recent experience in providing care to pregnant women with varying degrees of obstetrical risk ranging from low to high risk 9.
• Recent experience in the care and support of women with gynecologic concerns 10.
• Recent experience with obstetrics/gynecology procedures (within the past two years) 11.
• Vascular access and venipuncture 12.
• Current knowledge of the physiological, psychosocial and emotional needs of the pregnant women and their families 13.
• Demonstrate knowledge, skill and ability in health teaching of women and their families during the antenatal and postpartum periods and to women with gynecologic concerns 14.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively with other team members