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 nursing 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. The role is characterized by leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and a focus on quality outcomes. Nurses use evidence and data to support practice, with patients and families at the center of care. The RN establishes 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 patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation throughout data collection, care planning, and evaluation. At Bridgeport Hospital, employees contribute to coordinated, continuous, comprehensive care and quality improvement, with care centered on each patient’s needs. RN practice includes assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care and transitions, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation. The RN also demonstrates professional performance in ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current Connecticut registered nurse licensure.
Current BCLS certification, or obtain BCLS certification within one month of hire.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Clinical specialty certification is 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 for an individualized plan of care.
Develop and modify plans of care, including strategies and alternatives 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 promotion.
Evaluate progress toward attainment of expected outcomes.
Practice ethically and in a manner consistent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Communicate effectively and collaborate with healthcare consumers and other key stakeholders.
Provide leadership appropriate to the professional practice setting, 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 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.