Break-Relief Nurse. A Break-Relief Nurse is a Registered Nurse who is assigned the role of relieving employees from their patient assignments for their rest periods and/or meal breaks. The Break-Relief Staff Nurse shall not routinely have a permanent patient assignment, except in emergent situations. Beginning within one (1) month of ratification, Swedish agrees to post and make reasonable efforts to hire additional FTE’d positions who shall be assigned primarily to providing meal period and rest breaks for all shifts. These break relief nurses shall not replace the break relief nurse/resource nurse currently in place. The adequacy of break relief coverage will be evaluated annually through the JNSC by reviewing missed meal and missed break data for each campus. Recommendations for any changes to break relief coverage will be made jointly through the JNSC to campus leadership team before being presented to the CEO for final approval.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
