AACN Standards for a Healthy Work Environment. The Medical Center, AaNA, and the nurses at the Medical Center have a joint commitment and a shared interest in providing a healthy work environment, to support and xxxxxx excellence in the provision of patient care. The parties echo the statement from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses that the nursing shortage cannot be reversed without a healthy work environment that supports excellence in nursing practice. Toward that end, the parties are committed to working together – including using the existing processes – to address the elements of a healthy working environment, and agree with the AACN statement: “Healthy work environments do not just happen. Therefore, if we do not have a formal program in place addressing work environment issues, little will change.” The parties will work together in the development of an Initial Work Plan that will move towards the Healthy Work Environment envisioned by AACN. The parties acknowledge that nothing in this Article 19 is intended to be a waiver of the Association’s right to bargain over mandatory subjects.
AACN Standards for a Healthy Work Environment. The Medical Center, AaNA, and the nurses at the Medical Center have a joint commitment and a shared interest in providing a healthy work environment, to support and xxxxxx excellence in the provision of patient care. The parties echo the statement from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses that the nursing shortage cannot be reversed without a healthy work environment that supports excellence in nursing practice. Toward that end, the parties are committed to working together – including using the existing processes – to address the elements of a healthy working environment, and agree with the AACN statement: “Healthy work environments do not just happen. Therefore, if we do not have a formal program in place addressing work environment issues, little will change.” The parties will work together in the development of an Initial Work Plan that will move towards the Healthy Work Environment envisioned by AACN. The parties acknowledge that nothing in this Article 1920 is intended to be a waiver of the Association’s right to bargain over mandatory subjects.
