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New Nurse/Patient Ratios In settlement of a class action grievance in the OR, NYPNU and the Administration signed an agreement providing for therotation of charge RN responsibilities among all regularly scheduled staff RNs who meet the following criteria: 1) at least 3 years of experience in the LHH OR, 2) reviewed pertinent policy and procedure with the OR Educator, 3) completed one shift as “extra nurse” precepted by the OR Manager, and 4) has no final warning or suspension within the past six months that has survived the grievance procedure and arbitration. This applies only when a charge nurse is required. On most day shifts, management will continue to assume charge responsibility. Charge nurse education shall commence as soon as possible with a target date of July 1, 2008. The delegates voted to file forarbitration on a class action grievance involving end-of-shiftmandatory overtime inEndoscopy. In management’s response to the grievance, they agreed to collect data on delayed start times and meet with the doctors about the scheduling of certain elective procedures, but there has been no reduction in the frequency of late cases. |
Unit Representatives We are pleased to report that 24 unit representatives have been oriented and entrusted with their unit’s copy of the NYPNU Resource Manual. Unit representatives are still needed on Ambulatory Surgery, 4 Uris, 9 East/Lachman and Same Day. If you are interested in serving as a unit representative for one of these units, please call the Union office. NYPNU SNAP Students Save the Date! The Onion and Comix for ComedyCures Patients and Caregivers Nurse/Patient Ratios Suzanne Gordon and John Buchanan will discuss findings from their recent book Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care at a labor breakfast forum on July 2nd.Click here for details. |