REGISTERED NURSE-Major Surgery RN
About The Position
The Registered 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 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. The role emphasizes leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and quality outcomes, with accountability and autonomy in nursing practice. At Bridgeport Hospital, the RN contributes to coordinated care centered on each patient's needs. Care includes building and maintaining therapeutic relationships with patients and families; integrating cultural awareness and diversity into practice; collaborating with patients, families, and the healthcare team; and respecting patients' values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation. The RN uses the nursing process and evidence and data to support care, with patients and families at the center.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Current Connecticut registered nurse licensure.
- Current BCLS certification, or obtain it within one month of hire.
- Ability to perform duties requiring prolonged standing and walking; use of sight, hearing, and touch; frequent bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting; and assistance with moving 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 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 health teaching and health-promotion strategies.
- Evaluate progress toward the 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 within the professional practice setting and the nursing profession, appropriate to 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 one's 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 work collaboratively with patients, families, and healthcare team members while respecting patients' values, preferences, and expressed needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
