Education Hours and Fees. The Medical Center shall provide each regular, non- probationary nurse thirty (30) voluntary paid education hours during each calendar year. Nurses who become eligible after January 1 will have a pro-rated number of hours for that year. The Medical Center shall also provide to each relief nurse who has worked a minimum of 250 hours in the prior calendar year a maximum of fifteen (15) voluntary paid educational hours during the calendar year. The Medical Center shall further provide for the full bargaining unit an annual maximum of $14,000 to assist non-probationary nurses, in meeting registration fee expenses, and related expenses, up to an individual maximum to be periodically determined by the Conference Committee, for such educational programs. The disposition of any unused education funds at the end of the calendar year will be a subject of discussion at the Conference Committee. Educational hours may be used for classes offered in Ketchikan or out of town, as well as for approved multimedia educational programs. Although the choice of educational experience under this provision is at the discretion of the nurse, the educational days and funds must be used for bona fide education related to the nurse’s position or likely nursing opportunities within the Medical Center. An educational experience for which CE credits are given qualifies as a course for which nurses may take voluntary paid education hours. Approval of educational day requests shall be subject to staffing needs on the date(s) requested and shall not be unreasonably denied. When the full number of educational day requests cannot be approved, preference will be given to the earliest received request(s).
Education Hours and Fees. The Medical Center shall provide each regular, non- probationary nurse thirty (30) voluntary paid education hours during each calendar year. Nurses who become eligible after January 1 will have a pro-rated number of hours for that year. The Medical Center shall also provide to each relief nurse who has worked a minimum of two- hundred-fifty (250) hours in the prior calendar year a maximum of fifteen (15) voluntary paid educational hours during the calendar year. The Medical Center shall further provide for the full bargaining unit an annual maximum of fourteen-thousand-dollars ($14,000) to assist non- probationary nurses, in meeting registration fee expenses, and related expenses, up to an individual maximum to be periodically determined by the Conference Committee, for such educational programs. The disposition of any unused education funds at the end of the calendar year will be a subject of discussion at the Conference Committee. Educational hours may be used for classes offered in Ketchikan or out of town, as well as for approved multimedia educational programs. Although the choice of educational experience under this provision is at the discretion of the nurse, the educational days and funds must be used for bona fide education related to the nurse’s position or likely nursing opportunities within the Medical Center. An educational experience for which CE credits are given qualifies as a course for which nurses may take voluntary paid education hours. Approval of educational day requests shall be subject to staffing needs on the date(s) requested and shall not be unreasonably denied. When the full number of educational day requests cannot be approved, preference will be given to the earliest received request(s).
