Therapeutic Infusion RN; Registered Nurse
About The Position
The Registered Professional Nurse (RN) provides patient-centered nursing care as an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System healthcare team. The RN upholds the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives, and practices within the legal and ethical framework established by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association (ANA) Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model. The role requires leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and a focus on quality outcomes. Using evidence and data, the RN places the patient and family at the center of care and establishes therapeutic relationships that incorporate cultural awareness and diversity. Care includes collaboration with patients, families, and healthcare team members, and respect for patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation. The RN applies the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation. The RN also demonstrates professional performance in ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health. The RN is accountable for professional actions and is encouraged to advance through the SPIRE clinical advancement program.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Current BCLS certification, or obtain it within one month of hire.
- Licensed and currently registered as a nurse in the State of Connecticut.
- 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) 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 and implement strategies to attain expected outcomes.
- Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
- Promote health and a safe environment through teaching and health promotion.
- Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
- Practice ethically and in a manner congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
- Communicate effectively and collaborate with healthcare consumers and other stakeholders.
- Provide leadership appropriate to 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 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
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