Floating Requirements. Nurses who are required to float will be floated in accordance with the floating system developed within each shift of a unit by the nurses on that unit/shift, subject to the approval of their manager. The Medical Center will make a good-faith effort not to float a nurse out of his/her unit when another nurse has floated into the unit on the same shift, unless such floating is required due to the expertise of the nurse or in order to meet patient care needs.
Floating Requirements. Nurses will not be floated more than once per shift. Nurses generally will be floated on a rotational basis, unless the charge nurse determines that the skill mix of the unit or the patient needs warrant a change in the rotation. The Hospital will make a good-faith effort not to float a nurse out of his/her unit when another nurse has floated into the unit on the same shift, unless such floating is required due to the expertise of the nurse or in order to meet patient care needs. If a nurse is floated out of rotation more than once per quarter, that issue will be raised at the next Labor Management Committee.
Floating Requirements. Nurses will not be required to float more than once per shift. Nurses will generally be floated on a rotational basis, unless the charge nurse determines that the skill mix of the unit or the patient needs warrant a change in the rotation. The Medical Center will make a good-faith effort not to float a nurse out of his/her unit when another nurse has floated into the unit on the same shift, unless such floating is required due to the expertise of the nurse or in order to meet patient care needs.
Floating Requirements. 30 This Section is effective upon ratification except for Sections three (3) through
32 1. Registered nurses will not be required to float more than once per shift. 33 Registered nurses will generally be floated on a rotational basis, unless 1 the charge Registered nurse determines that the skill mix of the unit or the 2 patient needs warrant a change in the rotation. The Medical Center will 3 make a good-faith effort not to float a Registered nurse out of his/her unit 4 when another nurse has floated into the unit on the same shift, unless 5 such floating is required due to the expertise of the Registered nurse or in 6 order to meet patient care needs.
8 2. Maternal Child Division Registered nurses shall only be required to float 9 within their cluster or service line. Maternal Child Division Registered 10 nurses who desire to float outside of their cluster may submit their name to
Floating Requirements. 5 This section is effective upon ratification except for sections three through five 6 below which are effective the third full schedule following ratification.
7 1. Registered nurses will not be required to float more than once per shift. 8 Registered nurses will generally be floated on a rotational basis, unless the charge 9 registered nurse determines that the skill mix of the unit or the patient needs warrant a 10 change in the rotation. The Medical Center will make a good-faith effort not to float a 11 registered nurse out of his/her unit when another nurse has floated into the unit on the 12 same shift, unless such floating is required due to the expertise of the registered nurse 13 or in order to meet patient care needs.
14 2. Maternal Child Division registered nurses shall only be required to float 15 within their cluster or service line. Maternal Child Division registered nurses who desire 16 to float outside of their cluster may submit their name to a voluntary float list that shall 17 be available to hospital leadership and charge nurses on each unit.
18 3. Medical Center Floating Structure: Other than as set forth in C(2) above 19 and in national, state and or/internal disaster/crisis situations (i.e., adverse weather 20 conditions, pandemic) registered nurses shall not be required to float outside their 21 cluster for a primary care assignment more than seventy-two 72 hours per calendar 22 year. Cluster areas are defined as follows:
23 a. Acute Care (including IRU, CDU, Inpatient Behavioral Health, IMCU, and ED 24 borders) 25 b. Critical Care (including IMCU)
