Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee. The Hospital Nurse Staffing 7 Committee shall be composed of an equal number of nurse managers and bedside 8 registered nurses, including at least one (1) direct care registered nurse from each unit 11 by the written hospital wide staffing plan. Pursuant to current Oregon staffing laws, the 12 Committee shall have as its primary goal the provision of safe patient care, and adequate 13 nurse staffing; and the development, monitoring, evaluation, and modification of the 14 staffing plan for nursing services. The staffing plan will be based on:
15 A. Patient acuity, intensity, and census, with the ultimate goal of 16 safe, quality care;
18 B. National specialty standards and guidelines and other 19 Hospital comparative data); and 20
21 C. Patient outcome indicators, including but not limited to 22 American Nurses Association quality indicators and ONA 23 staffing and documentation request data. 24 25 Bedside nurse members will be released from duty for Committee meetings as well 26 as subcommittee meetings and other duties related to Committee work as requested by 27 the Committee. Alternate members will be released from duty when replacing a regular 28 member. Nurse members and alternates will be paid their hourly wage, plus appropriate 29 differentials, for time spent in the above Committee activities. Association members who 30 oversee the selection of the registered nurse members and alternates will also be entitled 31 to be paid for hours spent in activities requested by the Committee. In the event the 32 provisions of the current Oregon staffing laws are changed, the provisions of this Article 33 will be deemed modified in accordance with such changes.
Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee. 8 4.1 The Hospital will comply with its obligation under Oregon State Law to
11 4.2 In accordance with state law the charter bylaws of the hospital nurse staffing
16 4.3 Each January the Direct Care RN Co-Chair of the Nurse Staffing committee
20 4.4 Bargaining unit nurses shall be released from patient care to participate in
23 4.5 Recognizing that the bedside nurse input comprises 50% of the unit specific
Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee. The Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee 22 shall be composed of an equal number of nurse managers and bedside 23 registered nurses, including at least one (1) direct care registered nurse from 24 each unit or specialty area as defined by the Hospital, to be selected by the 25 Association and one direct care staff member who is not an RN and whose 26 services are covered by the written Hospital-wide staffing plan. The Union will 27 actively promote a goal of attendance by the primary or secondary bedside 28 representative of at least 50% of ARRMC recognized nursing units at each 29 Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee meeting. Pursuant to current Oregon staffing 30 laws, the Committee shall have as its primary goal the provision of safe patient 31 care, and adequate nurse staffing, and the development, monitoring, evaluation, 1 and modification of the staffing plan for nursing services. The Hospital Nurse 2 Staffing Committee shall meet at 08:00 to allow participation of day shift and 3 night shift nurses. 5 In developing the staffing plan, the Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee may 6 consider:
8 A. The specialized qualifications and competencies of the nursing staff and 9 the skill mix and level of competency needed to ensure that the hospital is 10 staffed to meet the health care needs of patients;
11 B. The size of the hospital and a measurement of hospital unit activity that 12 quantifies the rate of admissions, discharges and transfers for each 13 hospital unit and the time required for a direct care registered nurse 14 belonging to a hospital unit to complete admissions, discharges and 15 transfers for that hospital unit;
16 C. The unit’s general and predominant patient population as defined by the 17 Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups adopted by the Centers for 18 Medicare and Medicaid Services, or by other measures for patients who 19 are not classified in the Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups;
20 D. Nationally recognized evidence-based standards and guidelines 21 established by professional nursing specialty organizations, if any;
22 E. Differences in patient acuity;
23 F. Tasks not related to providing direct care. 24 25 Bedside nurse members will be released from duty for Committee meetings as 26 well as subcommittee meetings and other duties related to Committee work as 27 requested by the Committee. Alternate members will be released from duty when 28 replacing a regular member. Nurse members and alternates will be paid their 29 hour...
Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee. The Nurse Staffing Committee shall be composed of nurse managers and bedside registered nurses, including at least one (1) direct care registered nurse from each unit or specialty area as defined by the Hospital, to be selected by the direct care registered nurses for those units or specialty areas, and include one (1) member appointed by the PNCC and one (1) member appointed by the Association. Pursuant to current Oregon staffing laws, the Committee shall have as its primary goal the provision of safe patient care, and adequate nurse staffing; and the development, monitoring, evaluation, and modification of the staffing plan for nursing services. The staffing plan will be based on:
1. Patient acuity, intensity, and census, with the ultimate goal of safe, quality care;
2. National specialty standards and guidelines and other Hospital comparative data); and
3. Patient outcome indicators, including but not limited to American Nurses Association quality indicators and ONA staffing and documentation request data. Bedside nurse members will be released from duty for Committee meetings as well as subcommittee meetings and other duties related to Committee work as requested by the Committee. Alternate members will be released from duty when replacing a regular member. Nurse members and alternates will be paid their hourly wage, plus appropriate differentials, for time spent in the above Committee activities. Association members who oversee the selection of the registered nurse members and alternates will also be entitled to be paid for hours spent in activities requested by the Committee. In the event the provisions of the current Oregon staffing laws are changed, the provisions of this Article will be deemed modified in accordance with such changes.
Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee. The Nurse Staffing Committee 39 shall be composed of nurse managers and bedside registered nurses, including at least 40 one (1) direct care registered nurse from each unit or specialty area as defined by the 1 Hospital, to be selected by the direct care registered nurses for those units or specialty 2 areas, and include one (1) member appointed by the PNCC and one (1) member 3 appointed by the Association. Pursuant to current Oregon staffing laws, the Committee 4 shall have as its primary goal the provision of safe patient care, and adequate nurse 5 staffing; and the development, monitoring, evaluation, and modification of the staffing 6 plan for nursing services. The staffing plan will be based on:
7 1. Patient acuity, intensity, and census, with the ultimate goal 8 of safe, quality care;
9 2. National specialty standards and guidelines and other 10 Hospital comparative data); and
11 3. Patient outcome indicators, including but not limited to 12 American Nurses Association quality indicators and ONA 13 staffing and documentation request data. 14 The bBedside nurse members and alternates of the Committee will be released 15 from duty and paid for time spent in Committee meetings as well as subcommittee 16 meetings and other duties related to Committee work as requested by the Committee.
Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee. The Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee shall be 3 composed of an equal number of nurse managers and bedside registered nurses, 4 including at least one (1) direct care registered nurse from each unit or specialty area as 5 defined by the Hospital, to be selected by the Association and one direct care staff 6 member who is not a Registered nurse and whose services are covered by the written 8 primary or secondary bedside representative of at least 50% of ARRMC recognized 9 nursing units at each Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee meeting. Pursuant to current 10 Oregon staffing laws, the Committee shall have as its primary goal the provision of safe 11 patient care, and adequate nurse staffing, and the development, monitoring, evaluation, 12 and modification of the staffing plan for nursing services. The Hospital Nurse Staffing 13 Committee shall meet at 08:00 to allow participation of day shift and night shift nurses. 14 15 TIn developing the staffing plan, the Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee may consider 16 will be based on:
18 A. The specialized qualifications and competencies of the nursing staff and the skill
21 B. The size of the hospital and a measurement of hospital unit activity that
25 C. The unit’s general and predominant patient population as defined by the
29 D. Nationally recognized evidence-based standards and guidelines established by
31 E. Differences in patient acuity;
32 F. Tasks not related to providing direct care.
Hospital Nurse Staffing Committee. The Nurse Staffing Committee 21 shall be composed of an equal number of nurse managers and direct care staffbedside 22 registered nurses, including at least one (1) direct care registered nurse from each unit 23 or specialty area as defined by the Hospital, to be selected by the Association, and 24 direct care registered nurses for those units or specialty areas, and include one (1) 25 member appointed by the PNCC and one (1) member appointed by the Association.
