Competency/Qualification. Nurses shall receive patient assignments commensurate with their skills and competencies. A nurse will not be required to float to a patient assignment that requires specialty competence for which he/she is not qualified. If a nurse feels that he/she is not qualified for a specific assignment, he/she should indicate the reasons why and give them at the time of the request to the appropriate charge nurse or appropriate supervisor/manager or designee for the record.
Competency/Qualification. Nurses shall receive patient 11 assignments commensurate with their skills and competencies. A nurse will not 12 be required to float to a patient assignment that requires specialty competence 13 for which he/she is not qualified. If a nurse feels that he/she is not qualified for a 14 specific assignment, he/she should indicate the reasons why and give them at 15 the time of the request to the appropriate charge nurse or appropriate 16 supervisor/manager or designee for the record.
Competency/Qualification. Registered nurses shall receive patient assignments 3 commensurate with their skills and competencies. A Registered nurse will not be 4 required to float to a patient assignment that requires specialty competence for 5 which they are not qualified. If a Registered nurse determines that they are not 6 qualified for a specific assignment, they should identify the reasons why and give 7 them at the time of the request to the appropriate charge Registered nurse or 8 appropriate supervisor/manager or designee for the record.
Competency/Qualification. Nurses shall receive float assignments commensurate with their skills, competencies and the patient populations to which they have been oriented. For purposes of this section, “oriented” means that the nurse has received basic information needed to work on the unit, such as unit layout, location of supplies, and essential work protocols. A nurse may be oriented on a unit during the same shift that he or she is assigned to work, as long as such orientation begins before the nurse assumes any patient care duties. Each unit will develop its own written float guidelines with staff nurse input. Such guidelines will be available for viewing on each unit. Such guidelines will include sufficient information to orient the nurse on the unit. A nurse will not be required to float to a nursing assignment that requires specialty competence’ for which he/she is not qualified. If a nurse feels that he/she is not qualified for a specific assignment, he/she should indicate the reasons why and give them at the time of the request to the appropriate charge nurse or appropriate supervisor/manager or designee for the record.
