Registered Nurse - Post Anesthesia Care Unit

As a Registered Nurse (RN) specializing in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), you will provide exceptional patient-centered nursing care following anesthesia, adhering to the highest legal, ethical, and professional standards. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with patients, families, and multidisciplinary healthcare teams to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans, ensuring a focus on safety and quality outcomes in a culturally sensitive environment.\n\nOverview\n\nAt Yale New Haven Health, we aim for excellence in patient care guided by our vision, mission, and core values : integrity, patient-centeredness, respect, accountability, and compassion. As an integral member of our healthcare team, you will uphold our mission and values, practicing nursing within the established ethical and legal frameworks.\n\nYou will embody qualities of leadership, collaboration, and effective communication, utilizing evidence-based practices to ensure the highest level of care for our patients.\n\nResponsibilities\n

• Standards of Practice : Utilize the nursing process—assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation—to deliver competent nursing care.\n
• Assessment : Collect relevant data regarding patient health or situations.\n
• Diagnosis : Analyze assessment data to form accurate diagnoses.\n
• Outcomes Identification : Identify expected outcomes tailored to individual patient needs.\n
• Planning : Develop and adapt care plans that outline strategies to achieve outcomes.\n
• Implementation : Execute the established care plan.\n
• Coordination of Care : Ensure smooth transitions and continuity in patient care.\n
• Health Teaching and Promotion : Employ strategies that promote health and safety for patients.\n
• Evaluation : Assess progress toward achieving defined health outcomes.\n\nStandards of Professional Performance : Engage in activities related to ethics, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, and evaluation of practice quality.\n
• Ethics : Practice nursing ethically at all times.\n
• Culturally Congruent Practice : Respect and integrate cultural diversity into care.\n
• Communication : Communicate effectively across all professional interactions.\n
• Collaboration : Work collaboratively with patients and stakeholders.\n
• Leadership : Take a leadership role within the nursing profession.\n
• Education : Continuously seek knowledge to reflect contemporary nursing practice.\n
• Evidence-Based Practice : Integrate evidence and research into your nursing care.\n
• Quality of Practice : Contribute to enhancing nursing practice standards.\n
• Professional Practice Evaluation : Reflect on and evaluate your nursing performance.\n
• Resource Utilization : Utilize resources effectively for safe and effective nursing services.\n
• Environmental Health : Maintain a commitment to environmental safety and health.\n\nQualifications\n\nEducation : Graduate from an accredited nursing school; a BSN is preferred. All newly hired RNs must hold current BCLS certification or obtain it within one month of hire.\n\nExperience : This role is foundational for all RNs, and those with 3-5 years of emergency room or ICU experience are particularly encouraged to apply.\n\nLicensure : Must be a licensed and currently registered nurse in the State of Connecticut. Specialty certification is highly encouraged.\n\nPhysical Demand : The role requires prolonged standing, walking, and physical activities. Expect exposure to infectious diseases and the need for appropriate lifting techniques while assisting patients.\n\nYNHHS Requisition ID : 145435