Unit-Based Practice Committees Sample Clauses

Unit-Based Practice Committees. Each nursing unit will develop an interdisciplinary practice committee, also referred to as a unit-based council. Such a committee will be responsible for making recommendations and accomplishing tasks related to unit goals and policies related to interdisciplinary patient care (including operational, clinical, standardization, staffing and scheduling, budgetary, risk management, patient safety, employee safety, quality improvement and peer review issues). A standing or ad hoc subcommittee or task force consisting of nurses only may be established to deal with issues specific to the practice of nursing or contractual unit guidelines (e.g., PTO, on-call, education), including the review and amendment of nursing competency and skill checklists on nursing units. All recommendations made by such committees must be in compliance with the current contract, with applicable legal requirements, and with Medical Center policy and procedure.
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Unit-Based Practice Committees. Each nursing unit will develop an 12 interdisciplinary practice committee, also referred to as a unit-based council. Such a 13 committee will be responsible for making recommendations and accomplishing tasks 15 operational, clinical, standardization, staffing and scheduling, budgetary, risk 16 management, patient safety, employee safety, quality improvement and peer review 17 issues). A standing or ad hoc subcommittee or task force consisting of nurses only may 18 be established to deal with issues specific to the practice of nursing or contractual unit 19 guidelines (e.g., PTO, on-call, education), including the review and amendment of 20 nursing competency and skill checklists on nursing units. All recommendations made 21 by such committees must be in compliance with the current contract, with applicable 22 legal requirements, and with Medical Center policy and procedure. 25 accepted on a voluntary basis. If the number of nurse volunteers exceeds the 26 number of nurse vacancies, as determined by the council, then nurse members 27 will be determined by majority vote among unit nurses. Councils are encouraged 28 to include representatives from all areas of nursing practice for the unit and from 29 all shifts.
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Unit-Based Practice Committees. Each nursing unit will develop an interdisciplinary practice committee, also referred to as a unit-based council. Such a committee will be responsible for making recommendations and accomplishing tasks related to unit goals and policies related to interdisciplinary patient care (including operational, clinical, standardization, staffing and scheduling, budgetary, risk management, patient safety, employee safety, quality improvement and peer review issues). A standing or ad hoc subcommittee or task force consisting of nurses only may be established to deal with issues specific to the practice of nursing or contractual unit guidelines (e.g., PTO, on-call, education), including the review and amendment of nursing competency and skill checklists on nursing units. All recommendations made by such committees must be in compliance with the current contract, with applicable legal requirements, and with Medical Center policy and procedure. 18.7.1 Member selection. Nurse members on each council will be accepted on a voluntary basis. If the number of nurse volunteers exceeds the number of nurse vacancies, as determined by the council, then nurse members will be determined by majority vote among unit nurses. Councils are encouraged to include representatives from all areas of nursing practice for the unit and from all shifts.
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Unit-Based Practice Committees. Each nursing unit will develop an interdisciplinary practice committee. Such a committee will be responsible for making recommendations and accomplishing tasks related to unit goals and policies related to interdisciplinary patient care (including operational, clinical, standardization, staffing and scheduling, budgetary, risk management, patient safety, employee safety, quality improvement and peer review issues). A standing or ad hoc subcommittee or task force consisting of nurses only may be established to deal with issues specific to the practice of nursing or contractual unit guidelines (e.g., PTO, on-call, education), including the review and amendment of nursing competency and skill checklists on nursing units. All recommendations made by such committees must be in compliance with the current contract, with applicable legal requirements, and with Medical Center policy and procedure.
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  • Safety Committees Joint employee-elected and Employer appointed safety committees shall be formed in accord with WISHA requirements and following University of Washington policy. The Union is entitled to representation on the University-wide or specific organizational or divisional committees where bargaining unit employees are working. Any department or unit committee also dealing with health and safety issues in work areas shall appropriately involve bargaining unit employees. Participation in safety and health committees, including meeting time, health and safety research, work on committee assignments, seminars, and classes will be considered time worked for all employees in accordance with University policy. Release time must be arranged with supervisors in advance. When the committee makes a recommendation that requires action or approval beyond its scope of authority, the Employer will communicate its disposition of the formal written recommendation within thirty (30) days.

  • Advisory Committees The Board may appoint Advisory Committees to review design review applications, or provide input on other issues of concern to the Board or the Commission. These Advisory Committees include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: 1. Cameron Park Design Review Committee 2. El Dorado Hills Design Review Committee 3. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Pines Design Review Committee 4. The County’s Economic Development Advisory Committee (“EDAC”)

  • Sub-Committees 15.1 The Joint Committee shall establish the membership and terms of reference for any sub-committees or sub-groups which it establishes and may dissolve such sub-committees or sub-groups. Sub-committees to which the Joint Committee delegates functions are bound by the provisions of this Agreement regulating the taking of decisions by the Joint Committee. The Joint Committee may create additional sub-committees from time to time as it sees fit.

  • Joint Committees 1101 Release Time (a) Basic pay or equivalent time off, with a minimum of one (1) hour guaranteed to nurses who are not on duty, will be granted to nurses appointed by the Union to attend meetings of the Union Management Committee and any other Facility joint committee to which the Union is required to appoint representatives. (b) All reasonable efforts will be made to relieve a nurse who is appointed to attend meetings of the Union Management Committee, Nursing Advisory Committee or any other facility joint committee to which the Union is required to appoint representatives, without loss of salary or benefits. This clause is applicable when the meeting(s) occurs during hours the nurse is otherwise scheduled to work. 1102 Union Management Committee The Employer and the Union agree to establish and maintain a Union Management Committee consisting of not less than two (2) persons appointed by each of the parties. Management representatives shall include the Administrator and/or Director of Nursing; Union representatives shall include the President and/or Vice-President of the Local. Appointments shall be made for a term of one (1) year but without limit on the number of consecutive terms a member may serve. The Committee shall meet at the request of either party subject to five (5) days notice being given but not less than bi-monthly unless otherwise mutually agreed. The purpose of the Committee shall be to discuss/study/make recommendations to the Employer and the Union regarding matters of mutual concern. 1103 Nursing Advisory Committee

  • Committees The Parties agree on establishing Committees in the following matters: (a) Trade in Goods; (b) Trade in Services; (c) Investment; (d) Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures; (e) Technical Barriers to Trade; (f) Trade Facilitation; (g) Rules of Origin; and (h) Cooperation, including Intellectual Property. 2. The Free Trade Commission may create additional Committees, if needed. The Committees on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Technical Barriers to Trade and Rules of Origin shall coordinate their tasks with those of the Committee on Trade in Goods.