Smilow Cancer Hospital

The hospital provides comprehensive oncology services across a wide range of cancer specialties, including brain tumors, breast cancer, endocrine cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, gynecologic cancers, head and neck cancers, hematology, liver cancer, melanoma, and pediatric hematology and oncology. Smilow is affiliated with Yale New Haven Health, one of the largest and most well-established healthcare systems in the region, offering nurses the opportunity to work within a highly specialized oncology environment connected to an academic medical center. Nurses at Smilow Cancer Hospital work within the YNHHS Professional Practice Model and are expected to uphold the system's mission, vision, and values in delivering patient-centered care. The RN role emphasizes leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and quality outcomes, practicing within the framework of the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, ANA Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses. The hospital also features innovative care models such as the Oncology Extended Care Clinic, which is dedicated to managing oncologic urgencies and emergencies, providing nurses with exposure to specialized acute oncology care. The organization uses a Patient Family Centered Partnership approach as a core tenet of care delivery.

YNHHS values are explicitly stated as: integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion. Every employee is expected to understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support the Mission, and live these Values in their daily professional practice. The nursing care model is based on the nursing process and principles of primary nursing, with an emphasis on Patient Family Centered Partnership.