Travel Motherbaby RN Jobs

The average salary range of a maternal newborn nursing professional or postpartum nurse can vary significantly depending on factors such as geographical location, level of experience, and the specifics of the role. Based on data from online job and salary platforms like Glassdoor, Indeed, and Payscale, the average salary for a motherbaby RN in the United States is estimated to be approximately between $60,000 and $80,000 per year. For those with considerable experience in nursing specialties, a higher salary is possible.

A mother baby nurse, also known as a postpartum nurse, specializes in providing care for new mothers and their newborn babies during the postpartum period, which is the period shortly after childbirth. Their responsibilities include monitoring the health of both mother and newborn baby, educating new parents on baby care, assisting with breastfeeding, and coordinating with doctors and other health care professionals for any necessary treatments or procedures.

Postpartum nurses should have strong interpersonal and communication skills, as they often act as a liaison between the medical team, consisting of healthcare professionals such as physicians, certified nursing aides, licensed practical nurses and lactation consultants, and the new parents. They should be compassionate, patient, and adept at teaching and problem-solving, as they are tasked with preparing new moms for newborn care.

Education & License Requirements

Registered nurses need to complete their associate's degree or bachelor's degree at an accredited nursing program and take the National Council Licensure Exam NCLEX -RN Exam, which is a requirement to practice as registered nurses in the United States. Some hospitals might require a few years of nursing practice experience in labor and delivery, newborn care, or caring for postpartum patients in a related field.

Certifications

Additional certifications, such as the Inpatient Obstetric Nursing (RNC-OB) or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), can be beneficial and demonstrate specialized knowledge and skills for registered nurses who want to advance in postpartum nursing.

Mother baby and postpartum nurse positions are available in a variety of healthcare settings across the United States, and indeed worldwide. These include maternal health facilities such as maternity units in general hospitals, birthing centers, and home healthcare services. Furthermore, opportunities exist in both urban and rural areas, reflecting the universal need for an experienced nurse in postpartum care.

Mother baby and postpartum nurses also have the opportunity to take a career path to other specializations such as neonatal intensive care nurse or maternal health nurse.

While compensation offers can vary greatly depending on the contract or agency offering, pay packages for a mother baby and postpartum nurse typically have four major components: hourly taxable wages, meals and incidentals, housing, and travel.

Hourly Pay

Full-time registered nurses working at healthcare facilities receive a salary, but most travel nurse employers offer hourly wages. Every pay package for a travel nurse, whether you are working at a traditional hospital, acute care hospital, skilled nursing facility, or other facility, must include a taxable hourly wage, and the amount can vary depending on the shift, location, and specialty required of the assignment.

Housing

Housing payments can be included in a payment from a staffing agency. This is typically offered to a travel nurse in two ways. Either the company is providing housing, or the travel nurse is taking the housing stipend. It is more beneficial for the traveler to take the housing stipend for two primary reasons. First, they will have a choice in where they stay. Everyone’s definitions of comfortable and acceptable are different. The second reason the housing stipend is more beneficial for them is that it can be given as a nontaxable amount.

Meals and Incidentals

Also known as per diems, meal and incidental stipends provide a daily budget for daily living expenses for travel nursing professionals. These standards vary depending on the cost of living in cities and states across the country.

Travel Expenses

Travel is the last portion of the pay package. Many recruiters may not even offer travel and instead put that money into the per diems or housing for their travel nurse so they are receiving the benefits over the entire contract, not just at the very beginning or end of the contract.

While a travel stipend can be used to cover the cost of a flight for the traveler, it is more often than not used to subsidize the traveler's expenses to and from an travel nursing assignment. Travel expenses can be offered as a reimbursement rate per mile, though many agencies will opt to offer a flat rate to and from an assignment.