Common use of PROFESSIONAL NURSING CARE COMMITTEE Clause in Contracts

PROFESSIONAL NURSING CARE COMMITTEE. 16.1 The Association bargaining unit at the Medical Center shall select the members of the Professional Nursing Care Committee from bargaining unit employees. This 16.2 This Committee shall convene and meet once every other month unless cancelled by mutual agreement to respond to specific circumstances that may arise in the area of professional nursing care. The Association shall select its respective members of the Committee each time it is convened. The Committee shall set the meeting schedule, and may meet more often upon mutual agreement. Each Committee member shall be entitled to up to two (2) paid hours at the nurse’s regular straight-time rate for attendance at Committee meetings. 16.3 The Committee shall prepare an agenda, and provide such agenda to the Chief Nurse Executive one week in advance of the meeting, and keep minutes for all its meetings, a copy of which shall be provided to the Chief Nurse Executive within fourteen (14) calendar days.. Agenda items may be introduced by Association representatives or by the Medical Center, provided, however, that neither the Association nor the Medical Center shall be required to address subjects of bargaining and/or contractual issues in the Committee. 16.4 The Committee shall focus on issues that provide for the improvement of patient care and nursing practice. 16.5 The Chief Nurse Executive, or designee, shall meet with the Committee upon request of the Committee for the purpose of exchanging information. The Committee may provide the Chief Nurse Executive, or designee, with recommendations on pertinent subjects including the financial soundness of any proposal. 16.6 The Medical Center recognizes the responsibility of the Committee to recommend measures objectively to improve patient care and will duly consider such recommendations and will advise the Committee of action taken.

PROFESSIONAL NURSING CARE COMMITTEE. 24 16.1 The Association bargaining unit at the Medical Center shall select the members 25 of the Professional Nursing Care Committee from bargaining unit employees. ThisThis 26 committee shall have no more than seven (7) members. 28 16.2 This Committee shall convene and meet once every other month unless 29 cancelled by mutual agreement to respond to specific circumstances that may arise in 30 the area of professional nursing care. The Association shall select its respective 31 members of the Committee each time it is convened. The Committee shall set the 32 meeting schedule, and may meet more often upon mutual agreement. Each Committee 1 member shall be entitled to up to two (2) paid hours at the nurse’s regular straight-time 2 rate for attendance at Committee meetings. 4 16.3 The Committee shall prepare an agenda, and provide such agenda to the Chief 5 Nurse Executive one week in advance of the meetingmeeting if possible, and keep minutes for 6 all its meetings, a copy of which shall be provided to the Chief Nurse Executive within fourteen 7 five (145) calendar days.. working days after each meeting. Agenda items may be introduced by 8 Association representatives or by the Medical Center, provided, however, that neither 9 the Association nor the Medical Center shall be required to address subjects of 10 bargaining and/or contractual issues in the Committee. 12 16.4 The Committee shall focus on issues that provide for the improvement of patient 13 care and nursing practice. 15 16.5 The Chief Nurse Executive, or designee, shall meet with the Committee upon 16 request of the Committee for the purpose of exchanging information. The Committee 17 may provide the Chief Nurse Executive, or designee, with recommendations on 18 pertinent subjects including the financial soundness of any proposal. 20 16.6 The Medical Center recognizes the responsibility of the Committee to 21 recommend measures objectively to improve patient care and will duly consider such 22 recommendations and will advise the Committee of action taken.

PROFESSIONAL NURSING CARE COMMITTEE. 16.1 The Association bargaining unit at the Medical Center shall select the members of the Professional Nursing Care Committee from bargaining unit employees. ThisThis committee shall have no more than seven (7) members. 16.2 This Committee shall convene and meet once every other month unless cancelled by mutual agreement to respond to specific circumstances that may arise in the area of professional nursing care. The Association shall select its respective members of the Committee each time it is convened. The Committee shall set the meeting schedule, and may meet more often upon mutual agreement. Each Committee member shall be entitled to up to two (2) paid hours at the nurse’s regular straight-time rate for attendance at Committee meetings. 16.3 The Committee shall prepare an agenda, and provide such agenda to the Chief Nurse Executive one week in advance of the meetingmeeting if possible, and keep minutes for all its meetings, a copy of which shall be provided to the Chief Nurse Executive within fourteen five (145) calendar days.. working days after each meeting. Agenda items may be introduced by Association representatives or by the Medical Center, provided, however, that neither the Association nor the Medical Center shall be required to address subjects of bargaining and/or contractual issues in the Committee. 16.4 The Committee shall focus on issues that provide for the improvement of patient care and nursing practice. 16.5 The Chief Nurse Executive, or designee, shall meet with the Committee upon request of the Committee for the purpose of exchanging information. The Committee may provide the Chief Nurse Executive, or designee, with recommendations on pertinent subjects including the financial soundness of any proposal. 16.6 The Medical Center recognizes the responsibility of the Committee to recommend measures objectively to improve patient care and will duly consider such recommendations and will advise the Committee of action taken.

PROFESSIONAL NURSING CARE COMMITTEE. 16.1 a. The Association bargaining unit at the Medical Center Hospital shall select the members of the Professional Nursing Care Committee from bargaining unit employees. ThisThis committee shall have no more than six (6) members. 16.2 b. This Committee shall convene and meet once every other month per quarter unless cancelled by mutual agreement to respond to specific circumstances that may arise in the area of professional nursing care. The Association and the Hospital shall select its their respective members of the Committee each time it is convened. The Committee shall set the meeting schedule, and may meet more often than once per quarter upon mutual agreement. Each Committee member shall be entitled to up to two (2) paid hours at the nurse’s regular straight-time rate for attendance at Committee meetings. 16.3 c. The Committee shall prepare an agenda, and provide such agenda to the Chief Nurse Executive Vice President Patient Care one week in advance of the meetingmeeting if possible, and keep minutes for all its meetings, a copy of which shall be provided to the Chief Nurse Executive Vice President Patient Care within fourteen five (145) calendar days.. working days after each meeting. Agenda items may be introduced by Association representatives or by the Medical CenterHospital representatives, provided, however, that neither the Association nor the Medical Center Hospital shall be required to address subjects of bargaining and/or contractual issues in the Committee. 16.4 d. The Committee shall focus on issues that provide for the improvement of patient care and nursing practice. 16.5 e. The Chief Nurse ExecutiveVice President Patient Care, or designee, shall meet with the Committee upon request of the Committee for the purpose of exchanging information. The Committee may provide the Chief Nurse ExecutiveVice President Patient Care, or designee, with recommendations on pertinent subjects including the financial soundness of any proposal. 16.6 f. The Medical Center Hospital recognizes the responsibility of the Committee to recommend measures objectively to improve patient care and will duly consider such recommendations and will advise the Committee of action taken.

PROFESSIONAL NURSING CARE COMMITTEE. 23 16.1 The Association bargaining unit at the Medical Center shall select the members of the 24 Professional Nursing Care Committee from bargaining unit employees. ThisThis committee shall 25 have no more than seven (7) members. 26 27 16.2 This Committee shall convene and meet once every other month unless cancelled by 28 mutual agreement to respond to specific circumstances that may arise in the area of 29 professional nursing care. The Association shall select its respective members of the 30 Committee each time it is convened. The Committee shall set the meeting schedule, and may 31 meet more often upon mutual agreement. Each Committee member shall be entitled to up to 32 two (2) paid hours at the nurse’s regular straight-time rate for attendance at Committee 33 meetings.. 34 35 16.3 The Committee shall prepare an agenda, and provide such agenda to the Chief Nurse 36 Executive one week in advance of the meetingmeeting if possible, and keep minutes for all its meetings, 37 a copy of which shall be provided to the Chief Nurse Executive within fourteen five (145) calendar days.. working days after 1 each meeting. Agenda items may be introduced by Association representatives or by the 2 Medical Center, provided, however, that neither the Association nor the Medical Center shall be 3 required to address subjects of bargaining and/or contractual issues in the Committee.. 4 5 16.4 The Committee shall focus on issues that provide for the improvement of patient care 6 and nursing practice. 8 16.5 The Chief Nurse Executive, or designee, shall meet with the Committee upon request of 9 the Committee for the purpose of exchanging information. The Committee may provide the 10 Chief Nurse Executive, or designee, with recommendations on pertinent subjects including the 11 financial soundness of any proposal.. 12 13 16.6 The Medical Center recognizes the responsibility of the Committee to recommend 14 measures objectively to improve patient care and will duly consider such recommendations and 15 will advise the Committee of action taken.. 16

PROFESSIONAL NURSING CARE COMMITTEE. 16.1 25 A. The Association bargaining General Duty Unit of Hospital shall elect from its membership not to exceed one (1) member from each nursing unit at the Medical Center who shall select the members of constitute the Professional Nursing Care Committee from bargaining unit employees. This27 Committee. 16.2 29 B. This Committee committee shall convene and meet not more than once every other month unless cancelled by mutual agreement a month, but at least quarterly, at 30 such times so as not to respond to specific circumstances that may arise in the area of professional nursing care. The Association shall select its respective members of the Committee each time it is convened. The Committee shall set the meeting schedule, and may meet more often upon mutual agreementconflict with routine duty requirements. Each Committee committee 31 member shall be entitled to up to two one (21) paid hours hour per month at the nurse’s regular straight-straight- 32 time rate for attendance at Committee the purpose of attending committee meetings. 16.3 1 C. The Committee committee shall prepare an agenda, and provide such agenda to the Chief Nurse Executive one week in advance of the meeting, and keep minutes for all of its meetings, a copy 2 copies of which shall be provided available to the Chief Nurse Executive within fourteen (14) calendar days.. Agenda items may be introduced by Association representatives or by the Medical Center, provided, however, that neither the Association nor the Medical Center shall be required to address subjects Nursing OfficerDirector of bargaining and/or contractual issues in the CommitteeNursing 3 Services. 16.4 5 D. The Committee committee shall focus on issues that provide for consider matters which are not proper subjects to be processed 6 through the improvement grievance procedure, including the improvements of patient care care, nursing 7 practice, staffing and nursing practiceprofessional development. 16.5 9 E. The committee may from time to time invite the Chief Nurse Executive, or designee, shall meet with the Committee upon request Nursing OfficerDirector of the Committee 10 Nursing Services to its meeting at mutually agreeable times for the purpose of 11 exchanging information. The Committee may information or to provide the Chief Nurse Executive, or designee, Nursing OfficerDirector of Nursing 12 Services with recommendations on pertinent subjects including the financial soundness of any proposalsubjects. 16.6 The Medical Center 14 F. Hospital recognizes the responsibility of the Committee committee to recommend measures 15 objectively to improve patient care and will duly consider such recommendations and 16 will so advise the Committee committee of action taken. The Hospital will respond in writing to 17 written recommendations from the committee in a timely fashion. 18 19 G. The PNCC shall appoint two (2) registered nurses from the bargaining unit (who 20 may be members of the PNCC) to be regular members of the Hospital Safety 21 Committee, or any other employee or joint management/employee committee 22 concerned with employee or patient safety issues arising in the Hospital.