Oncology Infusion RN; Registered Nurse
Qualifications
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- BSN preferred.
- All newly hired registered nurses must have current BCLS certification or must obtain within one month of hire.
- Licensed and a currently registered nurse in the State of Connecticut.
- Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.
- Requires prolonged standing; walking; use of sight, hearing, and touch.
- May be exposed to infectious diseases.
- Will be exposed to 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 five (5) to three hundred (300) pounds.
Responsibilities
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, ensuring quality outcomes. 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
- Includes respecting 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
The ANA Scope and Standards of Practice (2015) describes a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by utilizing the nursing process components of assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation and evaluation. 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.
Standards of Professional Performance
- 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.
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