Nurse Staffing Clause Samples

Nurse Staffing. Solvis’ nurse staffing business is not directly impacted by or subject to the extensive and complex laws and regulations that generally govern the healthcare industry. The laws and regulations which are applicable to their hospital and healthcare facility clients could indirectly impact their business to a certain extent, but because they provide services on a contract basis and are paid directly by their hospital and healthcare facility clients, they do not have any direct Medicare or managed care reimbursement risk. Most of the temporary healthcare professionals that they employ are required to be individually licensed or certified under applicable state laws. According to management, they take reasonable steps to ensure that their employees possess all necessary licenses and certifications in all material respects.

Nurse Staffing. The Employer shall educate the members of the Labor Management Committee regarding the hours per patient day (HPPD) model. The Parties agrees to discuss all issues which either party may raise relating to staffing. The Employer’s management rights shall be maintained in the course of such discussions. The Employer recognizes the mutual benefit of hiring qualified nurses and retaining them during the life of this Agreement. The issue of vacancies may be discussed at Labor-Management meetings, and the Employer shall provide the Union with information related to vacancies for discussion at each meeting.

Nurse Staffing. UWMC-Northwest – WSNA 2021 – 2023 Biennium Quality of care and the health and safety of patients and nurses are of paramount concern to the Hospital and the nursing staff who provide care for our patients. Accordingly, the Employer shall comply with applicable staffing laws and regulations. The hospital and staff RNs shall produce an annual staffing plan in accordance with law, RCW 70.41.420.

Nurse Staffing. Each school shall have a nurse for at least the equivalent of three (3) days each week.

Nurse Staffing. The Medical Center shall maintain the structure, duties, and 25 role of the Staffing Effectiveness Committee. In doing so, the Staffing Effectiveness 26 Committee supports the Medical Center with compliance with all ORS pertaining to 27 nurse staffing, nurse staffing plans, and nurse staffing committee conduct. 29 A. Unit-level staffing plans will be developed at the unit level in a manner 30 consistent with the staffing law as a shared responsibility of registered nurses 31 and nursing leaders. Nurses with concerns regarding staffing are encouraged 32 to raise those concerns using their chain of command without fear of 33 retaliation, and to work with the Staffing Effectiveness Committee members 1 from their unit to identify solutions when necessary. 3 B. The members of the Staffing Effectiveness Committee will be paid for 4 the time spent during meetings. Alternates will be paid for attendance at 5 meetings if a nurse representative is unable to attend or where the 6 alternate’s attendance was requested. 8 C. The Medical Center will release members of the Staffing Effectiveness 9 Committee from scheduled shifts to attend committee meetings. In the event

Nurse Staffing. High quality patient care is the shared goal of CHC and CHU. Staffing the Health Center with the appropriate number of skilled, reliable nurses is an essential element for the provision of quality patient care. CHC agrees that it will undertake best efforts to maintain a minimum of one Clinical RN FTE for every three FTEs of primary care providers (MD, DO, NP, PA, ND) per shift, who are doing clinical work. The parties also agree to set up a Nursing Practice Council intended to promote evidence-based practice, quality improvement, nursing engagement and professional development. The Nursing Practice Council will review nursing-related practice issues including but not limited to the following issues: Staffing levels at each clinic sufficient to provide safe and high quality care; Review possible creation of a float pool; Clinical nursing practice issues affecting patient care, striving for excellence and innovation as a driving factor for change and/or improvements; Appropriate clinical nursing practice standards; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and/or exceeding clinical regulatory outcomes; Implementation of evidence-based clinical practice recommendations; Supporting clinical inquiry through discussion, problem-solving and nursing research; Consistent review of quality initiatives, educational needs, professional develop- ment, collegial review and recognition efforts for clinical improvements; Any other issue impacting nursing care and agreed upon by the parties. Any nurses may participate on this Council. The Council shall have two des- ignated co-chairs, one from each side. Jointly, the co-chairs shall be responsible for establishing a regular agenda and meeting time. Each co-chair shall provide the other with its proposed meeting agenda a minimum of two weeks prior to the meeting date. The Council shall meet at least once every two months; or, upon agreement by both parties, the Council may meet more often. Attendance at Council meetings shall be considered paid time. The parties support the establishment of a Labor/Management Committee to explore the issues surrounding the employment of CHU employees. This Committee shall meet quarterly and on an ad-hoc basis should one party make the request and the other party agrees. Each party shall submit its agenda items 5 days in advance of each meeting. Both ▇▇▇ and CHC shall appoint up to six people. Other members can attend, but will be unpaid unless agreed upon by the parties.

Nurse Staffing. The Medical Center shall maintain the structure, duties, and 26 role of the Staffing Effectiveness Committee. In doing so, the Staffing Effectiveness 27 Committee supports the Medical Center with compliance with all ORS pertaining to 28 nurse staffing, nurse staffing plans, and nurse staffing committee conduct. 30 A. Unit-level staffing plans will be developed at the unit level in a manner 31 consistent with the staffing law as a shared responsibility of registered nurses 32 and nursing leaders. Nurses with concerns regarding staffing are encouraged 1 to raise those concerns using their chain of command without fear of 2 retaliation, and to work with the Staffing Effectiveness Committee members 3 from their unit to identify solutions when necessary. 5 B. The members of the Staffing Effectiveness Committee will be paid for 6 the time spent during meetings. Alternates will be paid for attendance at 7 meetings if a nurse representative is unable to attend or where the 8 alternate’s attendance was requested. 10 C. The Medical Center will release members of the Staffing Effectiveness 11 Committee from scheduled shifts to attend committee meetings. In the event 12 a committee member is unable to attend a scheduled meeting, notice should 13 be provided to the Medical Center before the schedule posting. If notice is 14 provided after schedule posting, the Hospital will make reasonable efforts to 15 release alternates to attend. 17 D. The Staffing Effectiveness Committee will regularly review and 18 discuss nurse staffing issues, including current vacant nursing positions and 19 hiring since the previous meeting. 21 E. The Hospital Staffing Plan as referenced in the Oregon Nurse Staffing 22 Law will be the accumulated unit staffing plans of all nursing units.