Common use of Resource Nurse Program Clause in Contracts

Resource Nurse Program. The intended purpose of this position is to help assist and relieve nurses throughout NMC excluding Mental Health, the OR (but including the L&D OR) and Outpatient Surgery departments. When a unit is experiencing a short-term staffing shortage, the Resource Nurse is to be utilized until a regular nurse can be called in to work, if necessary. The Resource Nurse is not intended to be used to fill longer term needs due to illnesses, increased census or other reasons where a nurse should be called in. For instance, the position can be used, if a unit has a specific task that requires an extra nurse; needs relief for breaks or lunches; or is experiencing a shortage where the Resource Nurse can fill the void until Title 22 staffing levels are met. The specifics of the Program are the following:

Resource Nurse Program. The intended purpose of this position is to help assist and relieve nurses throughout NMC excluding Mental Health, the OR (but including the L&D OR) and Outpatient Surgery departments. When a unit is experiencing a short-term staffing short-­‐term stafVing shortage, the Resource Nurse is to be utilized until a regular nurse can be called in to work, if necessary. The Resource Nurse is not intended to be used to fill Vill longer term needs due to illnesses, increased census or other reasons where a nurse should be called in. For instance, the position can be used, if a unit has a specific speciVic task that requires an extra nurse; needs relief for breaks or lunches; or is experiencing a shortage where the Resource Nurse can fill Vill the void until Title 22 staffing stafVing levels are met. The specifics speciVics of the Program are the following: