Nurse Medical unit nights

Overview

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 qualities of leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and 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.

• Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family, incorporating an understanding and integration of cultural diversity into practice.
• Communicates and works collaboratively with the patient, family, and health‑care team members.
• Respects the patient’s values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of the healthcare situation in holistic data collection, formulation of health‑care outcomes, and evaluation.
• Practices ethically and in a manner congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
• Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.
• Collaborates with the healthcare consumer and other key stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.
• Leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.
• Seeks knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and promotes futuristic thinking.
• Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
• Contributes to quality nursing practice.
• Evaluates own and others’ nursing practice.
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence‑based nursing services that are safe, effective, and fiscally responsible.
• Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
• Applies the nursing process components: assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Coordinates care delivery and transitions in care.
• Employs health‑teaching and health‑promotion strategies.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.

The RN is expected to engage in professional role activities appropriate to their education and position, including leadership, appropriate to their education and position. The RN is accountable for their professional actions to themselves, their healthcare consumers, their peers, and ultimately to society.

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.

All newly hired registered nurses must have a current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Connecticut.

• HVC Cardiac Medical Intermediate Care Unit (5-2 SP): 5‑2 is a busy 26‑bed cardiovascular medicine inpatient unit providing care for patients with coronary artery disease, atrial/ventricular dysrhythmias, and related cardiac procedures such as catheterization, angioplasty/stent placement, pacemaker/ICD implantation, and ablations.
• HVC Cardiac Surgery Intermediate Care and Step Down Unit (5-3 SP): 5‑3 is a fast‑paced, dynamic 25‑bed heart‑surgery unit, inclusive of 3 step‑down beds, caring for a diverse range of cardiac populations, including post‑operative management for CABG, valve replacement, and aneurysm repairs.
• HVC Cardiac Intermediate Care and Stepdown Unit (V3E):
  Verdi 3 East is a 30‑bed cardiac unit located at the Saint Raphael Campus, primarily caring for patients with cardiac procedures.
• HVC Cardiac Intermediate Care‑Advanced Heart Failure and Stroke Unit (V5E):
  Verdi 5 East is a 29‑bed unit located at Saint Raphel Campus, caring for advanced heart‑failure and stroke diagnoses, including patients pre‑/post‑catheterization and/or intervention, pre‑/post‑pacer/ICD placement, post‑TNK after an ICU stay, those not eligible for TNK, ruling out for stroke/TIA, and medical issues such as COPD, pneumonia, ACS, chest pain, and patients requiring inotropic or vasodilator support.
• HVC Cardiac Medical Intermediate Care Unit (5-7 EP): 5‑7 is a 26‑bed, fast‑paced, full‑telemetry heart and vascular unit. This is not a med‑surg unit. Patients on 5‑7 predominantly include general cardiology, post‑cardiac procedure, heart failure, and vascular surgery patients.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran.