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YAI Community Health Internship in Westchester County, New York
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The Community Health Nursing Interns will participate in the following in conjunction with their coursework:
Derive community diagnoses from physiological, psychological, social, and cultural data gathered from a variety of sources in the care of individuals residing in the community.
Utilize the nursing process to plan holistic nursing for community and population health.
Demonstrate effective communication with individuals, and families to promote optimum well-being.
Utilize the nursing process and safety principles in the care of communities.
Demonstrate collaborative skills with members of the interdisciplinary health care team in planning, coordinating, providing, and evaluating care of the individuals and families in the community.
Demonstrate professionalism, including accountability, attention to appearance, demeanor, respect for self and others, and attention to professional boundaries with patients and families as well as among caregivers.
Develop patient teaching that reflects developmental stage, age, gender identity, culture, spirituality, patient preferences, and health literacy considerations to foster patient engagement in care.
Utilize organizational skills and time management concepts in setting priorities in providing patient care.
Demonstrate critical thinking decision-makings skills based on standards of practice, theory, and research.
Apply ethical standards related to data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality, and clients’ right to privacy.
Demonstrate professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct.
Evaluate client outcomes for psychobiological intervention effectiveness.
Create a safe care environment that results in high-quality patient outcomes.
This is an unpaid internship opportunity that is only open to current student's internship may be able to satisfy course credit if approved by the student's institution of learning.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Our Roots:
YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.
YAI Today:
Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them. YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others. Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.
Better Together:
At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.
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