REGISTERED NURSE-Medicine RN
About The Position
The Registered Professional Nurse (RN) at Bridgeport Hospital is an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System healthcare team. The RN upholds the system’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives by providing patient-centered care 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 uses leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and accountability to support quality outcomes. Care is centered on the patient and family, incorporates cultural awareness and diversity, and respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation. The RN works collaboratively with patients, families, and healthcare team members and uses evidence and data to support practice.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Current Connecticut registered nurse license.
- Current BCLS certification, or obtain it within one month of hire.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, 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).
- Clinical specialty certification.
- Participation in 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 that prescribe 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 health promotion strategies.
- Evaluate progress toward the attainment of 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
