REGISTERED NURSE-Medicine/Telemetry RN

Yale New Haven Health•Bridgeport, CT

7d•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. Nursing practice emphasizes autonomy and accountability, professional governance, and the use of evidence and data, with the patient and family at the center of care. At Bridgeport Hospital, employees contribute to a coordinated, team-based approach to quality care, access, continuous and comprehensive care, and quality improvement. The RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families; incorporates cultural understanding and diversity into practice; and communicates and collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members. The RN respects patient values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge when collecting holistic data, developing outcomes, and evaluating care. The role applies the nursing process and professional performance standards to provide safe, effective care and support quality outcomes. Nurses are encouraged to advance through the SPIRE clinical advancement program.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current Connecticut registered nurse licensure.
Newly hired registered nurses must have 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, use of sight, hearing, and touch, and assisting with pushing, pulling, and 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, including strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
Implement the identified plan of care.
Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
Use health teaching and health promotion strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
Evaluate progress toward the attainment of outcomes.
Practice ethically and in a manner congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Communicate effectively in all areas of practice 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; integrate evidence and research findings into practice.
Contribute to quality nursing practice and 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.
Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, incorporating cultural understanding and diversity.
Respect patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge when collecting data, formulating outcomes, and evaluating care.