Common use of Floating and Supplemental Assistance Clause in Contracts

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 24 21 reorient as per 8.12 to any unit to which he/she is required to float for primary 25 patient 22 care assignment if the nurse has not worked in that unit for more than 26 six (6) months. A 23 nurse that has not completed core competency or the unit 27 specific orientation checklist, 24 but has reviewed the modified unit orientation 28 checklist, may be required to provide 25 supplemental nursing care on any unit 29 where the need arises, without specific unit 26 orientation. All such assignment 30 of nursing care shall be consistent with licensure 27 requirements for registered 31 professional nurses in Oregon. Such a nurse shall not be Page 33 of 132 Date Accepted / / 1 required to take a 32 primary patient care assignment, but shall be expected to perform the 33 2 functions identified in Appendix B. Scheduled and oriented nurses, as 34 specified in 3 Section 8.12 above, may be floated in the following order by 1 utilizing the resource pool 4 nurses and then first requesting volunteers. If 2 insufficient nurses volunteer, the Medical 5 Center will then seek to float 3 agency or, traveler nurses to the extent practical and 6 consistent with the 4 agreement between the Medical Center and the agency or traveler 7 nurse’s 5 employer. If additional nurses must be floated, floating shall be assigned by 6 an 8 equitable system of rotation among the remaining nurses per unit. The 7 system (float 9 guidelines) shall be established by each unit’s UBC, be reduced 8 to writing, and available 10 for reference on each nursing unit. 10 12 Nurses with positions in ATC, Surgical Services, Family BirthplaceBirth Place, the Heart 11 Center Center, 13 the Dialysis unit, and Home Health/Hospice shall not be floated to any other unit 12 without 14 the nurse’s prior consent. Nurses orienting employees shall be 13 exempt from floating for 15 the first two weeks of having an employee assigned 14 to them

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 BirthplaceBirth Place, the Heart 11 Center Center, the , 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 24 31 reorient as per 8.12 to any unit to which he/she is required to float for primary 25 patient 32 care assignment if the nurse has not worked in that unit for more than 26 six (6) months. A 33 nurse that has not completed core competency or the unit 27 specific orientation checklist, 1 but has reviewed the modified unit orientation 28 checklist, may be required to provide 2 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 4 requirements for registered 31 professional nurses in Oregon. Such a nurse shall not be 5 required to take a 32 primary patient care assignment, but shall be expected to perform the 33 6 functions identified in Appendix B. Scheduled and oriented nurses, as 34 specified in 7 Section 8.12 above, may be floated in the following order by 1 utilizing the resource pool 8 nurses and then requesting volunteers. If 2 insufficient nurses volunteer, the Medical 9 Center will then seek to float 3 agency or, traveler nurses to the extent practical and 10 consistent with the 4 agreement between the Medical Center and the agency or traveler 11 nurse’s 5 employer. If additional nurses must be floated, floating shall be assigned by 6 an 12 equitable system of rotation among the remaining nurses per unit. The 7 system (float 13 guidelines) shall be established by each unit’s UBC, be reduced 8 to writing, and available 14 for reference on each nursing unit. 10 16 Nurses with positions in ATC, Surgical Services, Family BirthplaceBirth Place, the Heart 11 Center Center, 17 the , and Home Health/Hospice shall not be floated to any other unit 12 without the nurse’s 18 prior consent. Nurses orienting employees shall be 13 exempt from floating for the first two 19 weeks of having an employee assigned 14 to them