Nursing - Infection Control RN

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Yale New Haven Health System provides high-quality, patient-centered care, adhering to established ethical and professional standards. They possess strong leadership, communication, and collaborative skills while ensuring comprehensive healthcare delivery and promoting health education.

This role requires a licensed RN to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care, while maintaining a commitment to the organization's vision and values.

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.

Standards of Practice

The ANA Scope and Standards of Practice (2015) describe a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by utilizing the nursing process components of assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation and evaluation.

• Assessment: The registered nurse collects pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumer's health or situation.
• Diagnosis: The RN analyzes the assessment data to determine the actual and potential diagnoses or the issues.
• Outcomes Identification: The RN identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
• Planning: The RN develops and modifies a plan of care that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
• Implementation: The RN implements the identified plan.
• Coordination of Care: The RN coordinates care delivery and transitions in care.
• Health Teaching and Health Promotion: The RN employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
• Evaluation: The RN evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.

Standards of Professional Performance

The ANA Standards of Professional Performance (2015) describe a competent level of behavior in the professional role, including activities related to: ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality of practice professional practice evaluation, resource utilization and environmental health.

• Ethics: The RN practices ethically.
• Culturally Congruent Practice: The RN practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
• Communication: The RN communicates effectively in all areas of practice.
• Collaboration: The RN collaborates with healthcare consumer and other key stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.
• Leadership: The RN leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.
• Education: The RN seeks knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and promotes futuristic thinking.
• Evidence-Based Practice and Research: The RN integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
• Quality of Practice: The RN contributes to quality nursing practice.
• Professional Practice Evaluation: The RN evaluates owns' and others' nursing practice.
• Resource Utilization: The RN utilizes appropriate resources to plan provide and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective and fiscally responsible.
• Environmental Health: The RN practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.

May assist and/or perform chaperone duties for patient medical procedures as needed.

Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.

Registered Nurse is the foundational job description for all RNs.

Licensed and a currently registered nurse in the State of employment.

May be exposed to infectious diseases.

Moderate stress and risk of injury from patient care.