ICU RN; Registered Nurse-Surgical ICU

Overview

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-centered, 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. The RN provides care that includes establishing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family, communicating and working collaboratively with the patient, family and health care team members, respecting the patient’s values, preferences, expressed needs and knowledge of the healthcare situation, and holistic data collection, in formulating health care outcomes and in the evaluation process.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Disability/Veteran.

• STANDARDS OF PRACTICE:
  The RN practice is guided by the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice (2015). The Standards describe a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by utilizing the nursing process: assessment (collecting pertinent data), diagnosis (determining actual and potential issues), outcomes identification (identifying expected outcomes), planning (developing and modifying a plan of care), implementation (implementing the identified plan), coordination of care (coordinating care delivery and transitions), health teaching and promotion (employing strategies to promote health), and evaluation (evaluating progress toward outcomes).
• STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE:
  The ANA Standards of Professional Performance (2015) describe a competent level of behavior in the professional role, including ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality of practice evaluation, resource utilization and environmental health. The RN engages in these activities, is accountable for professional actions, and applies ethical, culturally congruent, communicative, collaborative, leadership, educational, evidence-based, quality, evaluative, resource-using, and environmental practices.

• Education:
  
  Graduation from an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
• Licensure:
  Licensed Registered Nurse in the State of Connecticut; clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.
• Experience:
  
  Must hold current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification; must obtain within one month of hire.
• Skills:
  
  Leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, resource utilization, cultural competence.
• Physical Demands:
  Requires prolonged standing, walking, use of sight, hearing, and touch; exposure to infectious diseases; exposure to physical, mental, and emotional illness; moderate stress; risk of injury; capable of lifting patients ranging from five to three hundred pounds.

All RNs are encouraged to advance through the SPIRE clinical advancement program.