RN Nursing Coordinator - Surgery

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, 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.

The RN provides care that establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family, encompasses an understanding and integration of cultural and diversity into practice, includes communicating and working collaboratively with the patient, family and health‑care team members, and respects the patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs and knowledge of the healthcare situation in holistic data collection, in formulating health‑care outcomes and in the evaluation process.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran.

Standards of Practice: The RN practice is guided by the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice (2015) and demonstrates a competent level of nursing care by utilizing the nursing process components of assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN collects pertinent data, analyzes it to determine diagnoses, identifies expected outcomes, develops and modifies a plan of care, implements the plan, coordinates care delivery and transitions, employs health‑teaching strategies, and evaluates progress toward outcomes.

Standards of Professional Performance: The 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, promotes culturally congruent care, communicates effectively, collaborates with stakeholders, leads within the professional setting, seeks current knowledge, integrates evidence, contributes to quality practice, evaluates nursing practice, utilizes resources responsibly, and practices in an environmentally safe manner.

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. 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. Accountability: The RN is accountable to practice within the Scope and Standards of Practice of the State of Connecticut, YNHHS standards of professional behavior, the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in each delivery network, their chain of command, team members, and upholding standards of professional behavior.

Consistently demonstrates integrity, patient‑centeredness, respect, accountability, and compassion in personal and job‑related decisions and actions.

Licensed and currently 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. Cardiovascular specialty care includes medical and interventional management of coronary artery disease and atrial/ventricular dysrhythmias (cardiac procedures such as catheterization, angioplasty/stent, pacemaker, ICD, ablations).

HVC Cardiac Surgery Intermediate Care and Step Down Unit (5‑3 SP): 5‑3 is a fast‑paced, dynamic 25‑bed cardiac surgery unit, inclusive of 3 step‑down beds, that cares for a diverse range of cardiac populations. This includes post‑operative management for CABG, valve replacement and aneurysm repairs.

HVC Cardiac Intermediate Care and Stepdown Unit (V3E): Verdi 3 East (V3E) is a 30‑bed cardiac unit located at the Saint Raphael Campus. The unit’s primary population includes patients with cardiac procedures i.e., HVC Cardiac Intermediate Care-Advanced Heart Failure and Stroke Unit (V5E): Verdi 5 East (V5E) is a 29‑bed cardiac unit located at Saint Raphel Campus. The unit patient population consists of advanced heart failure and stroke diagnoses including advanced heart failure (HF), MI, pre/post cardiac catheterization and/or intervention, pre/post pacer/ICD placement, stroke patients post‑TNK after an ICU stay, those not eligible for TNK, ruling out for stroke/TIA, and medical issues including COPD, pneumonia, ACS, chest pain and patients requiring inotropic or vasodilator support to enhance diuresis.

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 are predominantly comprised of general cardiology, post‑cardiac procedure, heart failure, and vascular surgery patients.

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