Floating and Supplemental Assistance. Nurses shall have the option to 24 reorient as per 8.12 to any unit to which he/she is required to float for primary 25 patient care assignment if the nurse has not worked in that unit for more than 26 six (6) months. A nurse that has not completed core competency or the unit 27 specific orientation checklist, but has reviewed the modified unit orientation 28 checklist, may be required to provide supplemental nursing care on any unit 29 where the need arises, without specific unit orientation. All such assignment 30 of nursing care shall be consistent with licensure requirements for registered 31 professional nurses in Oregon. Such a nurse shall not be required to take a 32 primary patient care assignment, but shall be expected to perform the 33 functions identified in Appendix B. Scheduled and oriented nurses, as 34 specified in Section 8.12 above, may be floated in the following order by 1 utilizing the resource pool nurses and then requesting volunteers. If 2 insufficient nurses volunteer, the Medical Center will then seek to float 3 agency or, traveler nurses to the extent practical and consistent with the 4 agreement between the Medical Center and the agency or traveler nurse’s 5 employer. If additional nurses must be floated, floating shall be assigned by 6 an equitable system of rotation among the remaining nurses per unit. The 7 system (float guidelines) shall be established by each unit’s UBC, be reduced 8 to writing, and available for reference on each nursing unit. 10 Nurses with positions in ATC, Surgical Services, Family Birthplace, the Heart 11 Center and Home Health/Hospice shall not be floated to any other unit 12 without the nurse’s prior consent. Nurses orienting employees shall be 13 exempt from floating for the first two weeks of having an employee assigned 14 to them
Floating and Supplemental Assistance. Nurses shall have the option to reorient as per 29 8.12 to any unit to which he/she is required to float for primary patient care assignment if 30 the nurse has not worked in that unit for more than six (6) months. A nurse that has not 31 completed core competency or the unit specific orientation checklist, but has reviewed the 32 modified unit orientation checklist, may be required to provide supplemental nursing care 33 on any unit where the need arises, without specific unit orientation. All such assignment of 34 nursing care shall be consistent with licensure requirements for registered professional 35 nurses in Oregon. Such a nurse shall not be required to take a primary patient care 1 assignment, butassignment but shall be expected to perform the functions identified in 2 Appendix B. Scheduled and oriented nurses, as specified in Section 8.12 above, may be 3 floated in the following order by utilizing the resource pool nurses and then by requesting
