Common use of Nurse Vacancies Clause in Contracts

Nurse Vacancies. The Employer shall make every attempt to replace a RN/RPN with another RN/RPN. The Union recognizes that due to the nurse shortage, and only when the Employer cannot find another RN/RPN, that the Employer may utilize a LPN within her scope of practice. This shall be short term and not on going and the Employer will continue to recruit RN’S/RPN’S to limit the possibility of this occurring.

Nurse Vacancies. The Employer shall make every attempt to replace a RN/RPN with another RN/RPN. The Union recognizes that due to the nurse shortageshortage , and only when the Employer cannot find another RN/RPN, that the Employer may utilize a LPN within her scope of practice. This shall be short term and not on going and the Employer will continue to recruit RN’S/RPN’S to limit the possibility of this occurring.