Ambulatory Practice Nurse; Registered Nurse

Yale New Haven Health•Old Saybrook, CT

26d

About The Position

The Registered Professional Nurse (RN) is an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System healthcare team and provides patient-centered care in support of the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives. The RN practices within the legal and ethical framework of the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model, which emphasizes achieving outcomes through autonomy and accountability. The RN uses evidence and data to guide practice, with patients and families at the center of care. This includes establishing therapeutic relationships; integrating cultural awareness and diversity into practice; collaborating and communicating with patients, families, and healthcare team members; and respecting patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge throughout assessment, care planning, and evaluation. The RN applies the nursing process to assess patients, determine actual and potential diagnoses or issues, identify expected outcomes, develop and modify care plans, implement care, coordinate care and transitions, promote health and safety, and evaluate progress. The RN also demonstrates professional performance through ethical and culturally congruent practice, effective communication and collaboration, leadership, continuing education, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, professional practice evaluation, responsible resource utilization, and attention to environmental health.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current licensure and registration as a nurse in the State of Connecticut.
Newly hired registered nurses must have current BCLS certification or obtain it within one month of hire.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.
RNs are encouraged to advance through the SPIRE clinical advancement program.

Responsibilities

Collect pertinent data and information about the healthcare consumer’s health or situation.
Analyze assessment data to determine actual and potential diagnoses or issues.
Identify expected outcomes for an individualized plan of care.
Develop and modify plans of care to achieve expected outcomes.
Implement the identified plan of care.
Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
Promote health and a safe environment through health teaching and health-promotion strategies.
Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes.
Practice ethically and in a manner congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Communicate effectively and collaborate with healthcare consumers and other key stakeholders.
Provide leadership appropriate to education and position.
Seek knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice.
Integrate evidence and research findings into practice and contribute to quality nursing practice.
Evaluate own and others’ nursing practice.
Use appropriate resources to provide and sustain safe, effective, evidence-based, and fiscally responsible nursing services.
Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.