REGISTERED NURSE-Major Surgery RN

Yale New Haven Health•Bridgeport, CT

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 accordance with the YNHHS mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives. The RN practices within the legal and ethical framework established by 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. Nursing practice emphasizes autonomy, accountability, evidence and data, and keeping the patient and family at the center of care. The RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families; incorporates cultural diversity into practice; and communicates and collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members. Care respects the patient's values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation. The role includes leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and responsibility for quality outcomes. The RN uses the nursing process to assess patients, identify diagnoses and expected outcomes, plan and implement individualized care, coordinate care and transitions, promote health and safety, and evaluate progress. The RN also upholds professional performance standards through ethical and culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality improvement, professional practice evaluation, responsible resource use, and environmental health practices.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current Connecticut registered nurse licensure.
Current BCLS certification, or obtain certification within one month of hire.
Ability to perform the physical demands of the position, including prolonged standing and walking, frequent bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting, and assisting with patients weighing 5 to 300 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.
Advancement through the SPIRE clinical advancement program is encouraged.

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 and develop individualized plans of care.
Implement and modify care plans and evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
Promote health and maintain a safe environment through health teaching and health promotion.
Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families and respect their values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge.
Communicate and collaborate effectively with patients, families, healthcare consumers, and other stakeholders.
Practice ethically and in a manner congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Demonstrate professional leadership and accountability appropriate to education and position.
Seek knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice and integrate evidence and research findings into practice.
Contribute to quality nursing practice and evaluate one's 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.