ETO Granted by Minimum Staffing Standards. The Hospital will provide to each department and the Union a listing of the number of positions or hours that are established as the minimum staffing for the department, by day and shift, and any changes to that list resulting from the review of patient acuity and census data that the Hospital typically conducts at least on a semiannual basis. Staffing levels will be routinely evaluated and adjusted in an effort to provide ETO coverage while meeting patient care needs. In exceptional situations (for example, if the bargaining unit member’s absence potentially would result in an unsafe patient care situation, or if the bargaining unit member’s presence is critical for an activity such as a review by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Hospitals), the lack of a replacement may necessitate the denial of an ETO request that does not reduce staffing below the established minimum, but the Hospital will make every reasonable effort to avoid such situations.
ETO Granted by Minimum Staffing Standards. The Hospital will provide to 6 each nursing department and the Association a listing of the number of 7 positions or hours that are established as the minimum staffing for the 8 department, by day and shift, and any changes to that list resulting from the 9 review of patient acuity and census data that the Hospital typically conducts 10 at least on a semiannual basis. Staffing levels will be routinely evaluated and 11 adjusted in an effort to provide ETO coverage while meeting patient care
