REGISTERED NURSE-Medicine/Telemetry RN

Yale New Haven Health•Bridgeport, CT

2d•Onsite

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, strategic initiatives, and professional practice model. 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. The RN builds and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families, integrates cultural awareness and diversity into practice, and collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members. Care respects each patient's values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation. The role emphasizes leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, accountability, and quality outcomes, with patients and families at the center of care. RN practice follows the nursing process and ANA standards of professional performance. The nurse assesses patient needs, identifies diagnoses and expected outcomes, develops and implements individualized plans of care, coordinates care and transitions, promotes health and safety, and evaluates progress. The RN also practices ethically and in a culturally congruent manner, communicates and collaborates effectively, pursues professional knowledge, integrates evidence and research, contributes to quality practice, evaluates nursing practice, uses resources responsibly, and supports environmental health.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Licensed and currently registered as a nurse in the State of Connecticut.
Current BCLS certification, or obtain BCLS certification within one month of hire.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including prolonged standing and walking; use of sight, hearing, and touch; frequent bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting; and assisting with pushing, pulling, or lifting patients weighing 5 to 300 pounds.

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, including strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
Implement the identified plan of care.
Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
Promote health and a safe environment through teaching and health-promotion strategies.
Evaluate progress toward desired outcomes.
Practice ethically and in a manner congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Communicate effectively and collaborate with healthcare consumers and other stakeholders.
Provide leadership appropriate to the professional practice setting, education, and position.
Seek knowledge and competence that reflect 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 plan, provide, and sustain safe, effective, evidence-based, and fiscally responsible nursing services.
Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
Maintain therapeutic relationships and deliver care that respects patients' and families' values, preferences, expressed needs, and cultural backgrounds.