Graduate Nurse, Registered Nurse – Labor & Delivery Internship

St. Luke's University Health Network

Labor and Delivery RN internship providing family-centered antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care. Training nurses through simulation, preceptorship, and clinical practice at St.

Posted 8/18/2026full-timeAllentown • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesEntry LevelWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates individualized family-centered care throughout the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods, while effectively coordinating quality patient care and collaborating with healthcare teams. Maintains compliance with nursing practice standards and demonstrates age-appropriate competency in assessment and communication.

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Registered Nurse LicenseBLS CertificationLabor and Delivery ExperiencePatient Care CoordinationNursing Process Implementation

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Hard Skills

Patient AssessmentCare PlanningDocumentationEvaluationGrowth and Development Assessment

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationConfidentialityService Excellence

Certifications & Qualifications

BLS Certification

Industry Keywords

Antepartum CareIntrapartum CarePostpartum CareLabor and DeliveryNursing Practice Standards

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Spring

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide individualized family-centered care during antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods
Coordinate and provide individualized quality patient care using assessment, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluation
Formulate collaborative and individualized plans of care and identify expected patient outcomes using the nursing process and patient birth plan
Work cooperatively with ancillary, nursing, and other patient-team personnel to maintain professional nursing practice standards
Maintain confidentiality and properly release information
Demonstrate the Network’s Service Excellence Standards in interactions with internal and external customers
Comply with Network and departmental attendance and dress-code policies
Demonstrate age-appropriate competency in assessment, treatment, growth and development, and communication
Complete the Labor and Delivery RN Internship across various St. Luke’s University Health Network sites under the internship coordinator’s supervision
Upon successful completion, practice in a St. Luke’s Labor and Delivery Department caring for patients across their lifespans

Requirements

What you’ll need

Nursing student with prospective Spring, Summer, or Winter graduation date who will be eligible to sit for NCLEX and obtain licensure before the internship starts
Nursing student/graduate nurse must have employment experience working in an L&D unit, a scheduled Senior Practicum in an L&D unit, or a minimum 3.2 GPA
Experienced RN applicants must not have worked in the L&D setting
Maintain current BLS certification
Registered Nurse with current license to practice in the State of Pennsylvania
Ability to perform the stated physical and sensory requirements, including standing up to 10 hours per day, walking up to 6 hours per day, occasional lifting/pushing up to 75 lbs, and transporting patients weighing up to 500 lbs
Complete application using full legal name and current home address
Include employment history for the past seven years, including present employer

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full-time competency-based internship tailored to each individual adult learner
Dedicated Education Team
Seminars, workshops, supervised hands-on training, simulation, and clinical observations
Clinical preceptorship
Leadership, team-building, and conflict-management development
AWHONN's Perinatal Orientation & Education Program
50.2 continuing education credits