Registered Nurse-Cardiac OR

Yale New Haven Health•New Haven, CT

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System healthcare team and provides patient-centered care in support of the organization’s 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 RN uses autonomy and accountability to provide care centered on patients and families. This includes establishing therapeutic relationships; integrating cultural awareness and diversity into practice; collaborating and communicating with patients, families, and healthcare team members; and respecting patients’ values, preferences, needs, and knowledge when collecting information, setting outcomes, and evaluating care. Nursing practice includes assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation. The RN also demonstrates professional performance through ethical and culturally congruent practice, effective communication and collaboration, leadership, continuing education, evidence-based practice and research, quality improvement, professional practice evaluation, responsible resource utilization, and environmental health.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
Hold a current Connecticut registered nurse license.
Have current BCLS certification or obtain it within one month of hire.
Meet the physical demands of 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.
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, prescribing strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
Implement the identified plan of care.
Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
Employ strategies that promote health and a safe environment.
Evaluate progress toward 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.
Demonstrate leadership appropriate to the professional practice setting, education, and position.
Seek knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice.
Integrate evidence and research findings into practice and contribute to quality nursing practice.
Evaluate personal 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.
Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, and respect their values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge in care planning and evaluation.