REGISTERED NURSE-PACU RN-Milford Campus

Yale New Haven Health•Milford, CT

10h•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 organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives. The RN practices within the legal and ethical framework of the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model. The RN establishes therapeutic relationships with patients and families, integrates cultural awareness and diversity into practice, and collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members. The nurse respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge when collecting information, developing care outcomes, and evaluating care. Nursing practice includes assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation. Professional performance includes ethical and culturally congruent practice, effective communication, collaboration, leadership, ongoing education, evidence-based practice and research, quality improvement, professional practice evaluation, responsible resource use, and environmental health.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current Connecticut registered nurse licensure.
Current BCLS certification, or obtain certification within one month of hire.
ACLS required.
Ability to 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).
Clinical specialty certification.
Critical Care and PACU RN experience.

Responsibilities

Collect pertinent information about the healthcare consumer’s health or situation.
Analyze assessment data to identify actual and potential diagnoses or issues.
Identify expected outcomes and develop or modify individualized plans of care.
Implement the plan of care and coordinate care delivery and transitions.
Promote health and a safe environment through health teaching and promotion.
Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
Practice ethically and in a manner consistent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Communicate effectively and collaborate with healthcare consumers and other stakeholders.
Provide leadership appropriate to the RN’s 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 provide and sustain safe, effective, evidence-based, and fiscally responsible nursing services.
Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
Maintain therapeutic relationships and respect patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge in care planning and evaluation.