Common use of Procedure and unit guidelines Clause in Contracts

Procedure and unit guidelines. Requests for educational days should be made no later than two (2) weeks prior to the posting of the schedule covering the period in which the days are sought. The Medical Center will respond as soon as possible, but no later than the posting of such schedule. If nurses are concerned about registration or refund deadlines, they shall make such concerns known, with supporting documentation, at the time of the request for educational days. Approval of educational day requests shall be subject to staffing needs on the date(s) requested and shall not be unreasonably denied. Such staffing needs shall be defined to include the minimum numbers of nurses allowed off as specified in Appendix B. When the full number of educational day requests cannot be approved, preference will be given to the earliest received request(s). A nurse’s education day request shall not be granted if the same day has previously been granted as PTO. The provisions of this paragraph may be varied or supplemented by agreement between a majority of the nurses on a nursing unit and the manager(s) of that unit. Such agreement will be in the form of nursing unit guidelines, copies of which will be kept on the unit and in Nursing Administration, and will be sent to the Association. The Professional Nursing Care Committee shall determine guidelines for pooled funds and days.

Procedure and unit guidelines. Requests for educational days should be made no later than two (2) weeks prior to the posting of the schedule covering the period in which the days are sought. The Medical Center will respond to all requests no later than four (4) weeks before the posting of the schedule. The education time off requests shall be considered at the same time as PTO requests made with less than two work cycles notice as outlined in Article 10.7.3. as soon as possible, but no later than the posting of such schedule. If nurses are concerned about registration or refund deadlines, they shall make such concerns known, with supporting documentation, at the time of the request for educational days. Approval of educational day requests shall be subject to staffing needs on the date(s) requested and shall not be unreasonably denied. Such staffing needs shall be defined to include the minimum numbers of nurses allowed off as specified in Article 10 Appendix B. When the full number of educational day requests cannot be approved, preference will be given to the earliest received request(s). A nurse’s education day request shall not be granted if the same day has previously been granted as PTO. .. The provisions of this paragraph may be varied or supplemented by agreement between a majority of the nurses on a nursing unit and the manager(s) of that unit. Such agreement will be in the form of nursing unit guidelines, copies of which will be kept on the unit and in Nursing Administration, and will be sent to the Association. The Professional Nursing Care Committee shall determine guidelines for pooled funds and days.