SWAT Registered Nurse

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, the American Nurses Association Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model.

The professional role of the RN is exemplified by qualities of leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and ensuring quality outcomes. YNHHS nurses practice within 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:

• Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family, encompassing an understanding and integration of cultural and diversity into practice
• Communicates and works collaboratively with the patient, family, and healthcare team members
• Respects 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
  RN practice is guided by the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice (2015). The Standards describe a competent level of nursing care demonstrated by utilizing the nursing process components of assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN collects pertinent data, analyzes assessment data to determine diagnoses, identifies expected outcomes, develops and modifies a plan of care, implements the plan, coordinates care delivery and transitions, employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment, and evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
• Standards of Professional Performance
  RN is expected to engage in professional role activities 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 practices ethically, provides culturally congruent care, communicates effectively, collaborates with stakeholders, leads within the professional practice setting, seeks current knowledge, integrates evidence and research findings, contributes to quality nursing practice, evaluates own and others’ nursing practice, utilizes appropriate resources, and practices in an environmentally safe manner.

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred. All newly hired registered nurses must have current BCLS certification or obtain it within one month of hire.

Registered Nurse is the foundational job description for all RNs. All RNs are encouraged to advance through the SPIRE clinical advancement program.

Licensed and a currently registered nurse in the State of Connecticut. Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.

Registered Nurse is the foundational job description for all RNs. All RNs are encouraged to advance through the SPIRE clinical advancement program.

Requires prolonged standing and walking; use of sight, hearing, and touch. May be exposed to infectious diseases. May encounter physical, mental, and emotional illness as well as end-of-life conditions and death. Moderate stress and risk of injury from patient care. Standing/walking for more than half of the day. Frequently bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting and lifting. Must be able to assist pushing/pulling/lifting patients ranging from 5 to 300 pounds.

Minimum 3 years critical care experience required.