Registered Nurse - LDRP (Labor & Delivery and Recovery & Postpartum)

This position is referral eligible!! 

Shift: Full-time, nights

• Part and Full-time roles are eligible for a $30,000 sign-on bonus — apply today to learn more!

Are you an upcoming nurse graduate or recent nurse graduate? Please apply through our pipeline requisition here: https://iuhealth.org/ApplyRN. This pipeline requisition allows the IU Health Talent Acquisition team to pair upcoming & recent nurse graduates with the best opportunities available to them based on their unique skillset and interests. Thanks for your interest in joining the team!  

Indiana University Health is looking for passionate, experienced nurses to join our team and collaborate with top medical professionals. 

At IU Health, you will learn and develop your career in significant ways, advancing healthcare and delivering the highest level of patient care. Being an IU Health nurse means building a professional nursing career designed by a culture that accepts your outstanding strengths and supports your personal and professional goals. If you are seeking an organization where you can develop clinical expertise, explore diverse career opportunities, embrace learning, cultivate new relationships, and fuel your spirit of inquiry, apply today. 

Nursing skills gained:

Labor & Delivery Skills: 

• Low‑risk labor assessment and management
• Fetal monitoring (intermittent auscultation and basic EFM interpretation) 
• Sterile vaginal exams 
• Labor support techniques (positioning, coping, hydrotherapy, etc.) 
• Identifying early signs of labor complications and initiating provider notification 
• Assisting with inductions and augmentations (e.g., Foley balloon, Cytotec, low-dose Pitocin protocols)
• Assisting with spontaneous vaginal deliveries 
• Immediate postpartum recovery for birthing parents
• Grief support and bereavement care when needed. 

Postpartum:

• Focused postpartum assessments: fundus, lochia, pain, perineum, bladder, vitals 
• Postpartum hemorrhage recognition and first-line interventions 
• Breastfeeding support and safe formula feeding education 
• Management of common postpartum needs (pain control, mobility, peri-care) 
• Post-operative cesarean section care.
• Maternal mental health screening (e.g., EPDS)

Newborn Nursery: 

• Comprehensive newborn assessments 
• Routine newborn care: meds (Vitamin K, Hep B, erythromycin), baths, weights 
• Thermoregulation and blood sugar monitoring 
• Feeding support for breastfeeding and formula-fed infants 
• Jaundice screening 
• Newborn screening coordination (CCHD, hearing, heelstick) 
• Safe sleep education for families 
• Stabilization of late preterm or borderline infants before transfer if needed

Emergency Management Skills

• Neonatal stabilization prior to transport (NRP-level skills) 
• Maternal emergency stabilization (PE, eclampsia, hemorrhage, sepsis) 
• Shoulder dystocia support and documentation 
• Initial response to OB traumas before transfer 
• Participation in mock codes and drills (PPH, neonatal resuscitation, maternal code)

Cross Training & General

• Caring for antepartum patients for short-term observation. 
• Managing a mix of labor, postpartum, and newborn patients following AWHONN Safe Staffing Guidelines. 
• Crosstrain to Medical Surgical Unit

Unit Successes/Designations/National recognition:

• IU Health Paoli has been recognized by ANCC as a Pathway to Excellence Hospital through 2029. We were re-designated in July 2025. 

• US News an