Nurse Residency - Registered Nurse

Summary

Nurse Residency - Registered Nurse at Yale New Haven Health System involves providing patient-centered nursing care in various specialized units, including Ortho/Spine, Neuroscience, and Neuro ICU. The role emphasizes adherence to professional nursing standards, ethical practice, collaboration, leadership, and evidence-based care within the legal framework. The nurse is responsible for assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation to ensure quality healthcare outcomes for diverse patient populations.

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values—integrity, patient-centeredness, respect, accountability, and compassion—must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

As an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) healthcare team, the Registered Professional Nurse (RN) upholds the YNHHS mission, vision, values and strategic initiatives to provide the highest level of patient-centered care. The RN practices professional nursing as a registered nurse within the legal and ethical framework established by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model.

The professional role of the RN is exemplified by the qualities of leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, ensuring quality outcomes.

YNHHS nurses practice in a framework outlined in our professional practice model, which states, "Achieving outcomes through Autonomy and Accountability". We value Nursing Professional Governance, and use evidence and data to support our practice with the patient and family at the center, always.

• Establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family, incorporating cultural and diversity considerations into practice.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with the patient, family, and healthcare team members.
• Respect the patient's values, preferences, expressed needs and knowledge of the healthcare situation in holistic data collection, in formulating health care outcomes and in the evaluation process.

• Standards of Practice - Guided by ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, includes:
  • Assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
  • Collect pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumer's health or situation.
  • Analyze assessment data to determine actual and potential diagnoses or issues.
  • Identify expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer.
  • Develop and modify a plan of care prescribing strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
  • Implement the identified plan.
  • Coordinate care delivery and transitions.
  • Employ health teaching and health promotion strategies.
  • Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes.
• Standards of Professional Performance - Competent level of behavior includes:
  • Ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, environmental health.
  • Engage in leadership appropriate to education and position.
  • Accountability to self, consumers, peers, and society.

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred. Proficient in use of computer software to include electronic patient records. Must have ability to use the internet for literature searches regarding care for patients.

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Valid State of Connecticut Registered Nurse License.

BLS required.

Ortho/Spine Unit - Treats patients before and after surgery for total joint, hip, knees, shoulder, spinal fusion, fragility hip fractures, and joint infections.

Neuroscience & Epilepsy/Neuro Stepdown - General Neuro, Neuro surg, Stroke and Epilepsy. Stepdown area higher level of care.

Neuro ICU - Neuroscience ICU cares for patients who have suffered stroke, traumatic brain and spine injury, aneurysm, autoimmune and movement disorders (including Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and Guillain‑Barre syndrome) and neurological disorders. Patients in the unit are closely monitored for subtle neurological changes.

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