Common use of Unit-Based Practice Committees Clause in Contracts

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.