MDO Procedure Sample Clauses

MDO Procedure. Nurses scheduled to work in the unit and shift where the 23 MDO will occur will have their shift or portion of their shift canceled in the 24 following sequence: 25 A. Agency registered nurses other than travelers, (unless the Medical 26 Center’s contract with the travelers permits such MDO , in which case
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MDO Procedure. 9 1. Nurses scheduled to work in the unit and shift where the MDO will occur 10 will have their shift or the remaining portion of their shift canceled in the following 11 sequence: 12 a. Agency registered nurses 14 b. Traveler nurses 16 c. Providence Share Care registered nurses 18 d. Nurses whose work would be payable at overtime or incentive shift 19 premium rates 21 e. Volunteers, with the earliest request for time off given preference 23 f. Managers and supervisors taking a patient care assignment will 24 hand over their patient care assignment before additional nurses are given MDO; 25 however, managers and supervisors who have specific skills and abilities 26 necessary to patient care may continue to perform those patient care duties. 28 g. Per Diem nurses 30 h. Remaining nurses in accordance with the unit's rotation system, 31 provided, however, that a Float Nurse who has already been assigned 144 hours 32 in a calendar year will be removed from the MDO rotation on the Float Nurse's 33 unit for the remainder of the calendar year. If two nurses are equal in the unit's 34 normal rotation, the MDO will be assigned to the less senior nurse. 1 2. A nurse will not be required to take involuntary MDO more than once per 2 pay period unless all other similarly skilled nurses working the same shift and 4 will develop a system to best effectuate this provision. 6 3. When a nurse is given an MDO, the Hospital may also assign the nurse to 7 standby during the canceled shift hours. Whether or not the nurse is placed on standby, 8 the nurse shall receive call back pay in accordance with Article 9, Section B if they are 9 called in to work. 11 4. If two or more nurses volunteer for an MDO at the same time, the MDO 12 shall be rotated based on who last received an MDO. If the nurses both received an 13 MDO on the same prior day, the MDO will be given to the more senior nurse. 15 5. The Hospital will attempt to notify nurses by telephone that they will be 16 given an MDO at least two (2) hours before the nurse's shift begins. If the Hospital fails 17 to make this attempt, the nurse will not be given an MDO prior to the start of his/her 18 shift. A nurse who reports to work will be guaranteed a minimum of four (4) hours of 19 work or, if work is not available, a minimum of four (4) hours of pay. If work is available 20 but a nurse does not wish to remain, the Hospital and the nurse may agree that the 21 nurse will not remain and work, in which case the nurse will not ...
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MDO Procedure. Nurses scheduled to work in the unit and shift where the MDO will occur will have their shift or portion of their shift canceled in the following sequence: a. Agency registered nurses, other than travelers (unless the Medical Center’s contract with the traveler permits such MDO, in which case the traveler nurse will be cancelled first). b. Nurses whose work would be payable at overtime. c. Volunteers, with the earliest request for time off given preference. d. Seasonal nurses. e. Per diem nurses. f. Remaining nurses in accordance with the unit's MDO rotation system, which looks at all of the nurses scheduled for that shift and unit, and selects for MDO from among those nurses the individual nurse with the least MDO hours in the immediately preceding two pay periods. The system of MDO rotation shall be the one currently in effect on each unit at the time of ratification, and shall be written and communicated by the manager, in consultation with the nurses on the unit. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, nurses on a unit may change the system of rotation, provided that the system is in writing and approved by the unit manager. The staffing office will be responsible for accurately tracking and recording MDO hours on units they are responsible for staffing. All other units shall track their own MDO hours. i. Float nurses will be considered in the rotation described above only in Spine/Total Joint, Medical/Surgical, Telemetry, and Inpatient Rehabilitation.
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MDO Procedure. 13 1. Nurses scheduled to work in the unit and shift where the MDO will occur 14 will have their shift or portion of their shift canceled in the following 15 sequence: (a) Agency registered nurses, other than travelers. (b) Providence Share Care registered nurses. (c) Nurses whose work would be payable at overtime or incentive shift 19 premium rates. (d) On-call nurses. 21 (e) Volunteers, with the earliest request for time off given preference.
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MDO Procedure. Nurses scheduled to work in the unit and shift where the MDO will occur will have their shift or portion of their shift canceled in the following sequence: a. Agency registered nurses other than travel nurses,(unless the Medical Center’s contract with the travelers permits such MDO , in which case the traveler nurse will be cancelled first). other than travelers (unless the Medical Center’s contract with the traveler permits such MDO, in which case the traveler nurse will be cancelled first). b. Nurses whose work would be payable at overtime. c. Volunteers, with the earliest request for time off given preference. d. Seasonal nurses.
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MDO Procedure. 1. Nurses scheduled to work in the unit and shift where the MDO will occur will have their shift or the remaining portion of their shift canceled in the following sequence: a. Agency registered nurses b. Traveler nurses c. Providence Share Care registered nurses d. Nurses whose work would be payable at overtime or incentive shift premium rates e. Volunteers, with the earliest request for time off given preference f. Managers and supervisors taking a patient care assignment will hand over their patient care assignment before additional nurses are given MDO, provided that an appropriate skill mix on the unit is maintained; however, managers and supervisors who have specific skills and abilities necessary to patient care may continue to perform those patient care duties. g. On callPer Diem nurses
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MDO Procedure. 8 1. Nurses scheduled to work in the unit and shift where the MDO will 9 occur will have their shift or portion of their shift canceled in the following 10 sequence: 12 a. Agency registered nurses 14 b. Traveler nurses
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MDO Procedure. Nurses scheduled to work in the unit and shift where the MDO will occur will have their shift or portion of their shift canceled in the following sequence: a. Agency registered nurses other than travelers, (unless the Medical Center’s contract with the travelers permits such MDO , in which case the traveler nurse will be cancelled first). b. Nurses whose work would be payable at overtime. Volunteers, with the earliest request for time off given preference. Per diem nurses. i. Remaining nurses in accordance with the unit's MDO rotation system, which looks at all of the nurses scheduled for that shift and unit, and selects for MDO from among those nurses the individual nurse with the least MDO hours in the immediately preceding two pay periods, or per unit specific plans. The system of MDO rotation shall be the one currently in effect on each unit at the time of ratification, and shall be written and communicated by the manager, in consultation with the nurses on the unit. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, nurses on a unit may change the system of rotation, provided that the system is in writing and approved by the unit manager. Each unit’s manager will decide who will record MDO hours on unit and those records will be available to RN’s, who shall be responsible for the accuracy of their own MDO hours. All units shall track their own MDO hours. Float nurses will be considered in the rotation described above only in Spine/Total Joint, Medical/Surgical, Telemetry, and Inpatient Rehabilitation. ii. In the Critical Care Unit (CCU), only those float pool nurses who have been signed off on at least the beginning Critical Care Unit competency will be considered in the rotation described above, subject to the need for skill mix with charge nurse input. 12.2.1 Nurse’s Status While on MDO. A nurse may be placed by the Medical Center in one of the following three categories only once per shift: a. Full Day MDO. This means that the nurse is not obligated to the Medical Center for that shift. b. Partial Day MDO (with one of the two options below). If a nurse is assigned to partial day MDO under either 12.2.1.b.i (with standby) or 12.2.1.b.ii (without standby) and is scheduled to report to work for the last four (4) hours of a 12-hour shift (or any portion of such last four hours), the nurse will paid time one and one-half (1 ½) times the nurse’s regular hourly rate for hours worked during such four-hour period.
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