Scheduling of Meals and Breaks. The parties acknowledge the legal requirements and the importance of rest and meal periods for nurses. The parties further acknowledge that the scheduling of regular rest periods may not be possible due to the nature and circumstances of work in an acute care facility (including emergent patient care needs, the safety and health of patients, availability of other nurses to provide relief, and intermittent and unpredictable patient census and needs). The parties therefore agree as follows:
1. Scheduling of breaks is best resolved by unit-based decisions, where the affected nurses are involved in creative and flexible approaches to the scheduling of rest periods and meal periods.
2. Each unit has the flexibility to develop a process for scheduling nurses for the total amount of rest and meal periods set forth in this section, subject to the following:
a. The process must be approved by the unit manager;
b. The preferred approach is to relieve nurses for two 15- minute rest periods and one 30-minute meal period within an 8-hour shift; however, a break and meal period may be combined if the circumstances in Paragraph 3 are met, and that the nurse’s meal period occur during the middle four (4) hours of the nurse’s shift, when practical; and
c. If a nurse is not able to take a 30-minute uninterrupted meal period, the nurse will be paid for such 30 minutes. The nurse must inform his or her supervisor if the nurse anticipates he or she will be or actually is unable to take such 30-minute uninterrupted meal period.
d. If a nurse chooses not to or is unable to take all or part of a rest period as scheduled or pre-arranged, it is the nurse’s responsibility to talk with his or her charge nurse in a timely manner about potential alternative rest periods.
3. In furtherance of these provisions, each unit will develop a written plan that provides for the elements of paragraph 2 above.
4. In the event nurses on a particular unit or units have concerns about the implementation of paragraph 2, the concern may be raised with the PNCC or the appropriate unit-based committee of their clinical division, in addition to the remedies provided by the grievance procedure.
Scheduling of Meals and Breaks. The parties acknowledge the legal 26 requirements and the importance of rest and meal periods for nurses. The parties 27 further acknowledge that the scheduling of regular rest periods may not be possible due 28 to the nature and circumstances of work in an acute care facility (including emergent 1 patient care needs, the safety and health of patients, availability of other nurses to 2 provide relief, and intermittent and unpredictable patient census and needs). The
Scheduling of Meals and Breaks. The parties acknowledge the legal 5 requirements and the importance of rest and meal periods for nurses. The parties 6 further acknowledge that the scheduling of regular rest periods may not be possible due 7 to the nature and circumstances of work in an acute care facility (including emergent 8 patient care needs, the safety and health of patients, availability of other nurses to 9 provide relief, and intermittent and unpredictable patient census and needs). The 10 parties therefore agree as follows:
12 1. Scheduling of breaks is best resolved by unit-based decisions, 13 where the affected nurses are involved in creative and flexible approaches to the 14 scheduling of rest periods and meal periods.
16 2. Each unit has the flexibility to develop a process for scheduling 17 nurses for the total amount of rest and meal periods set forth in this section, 18 subject to the following:
20 a. The process must be approved by the unit manager;
22 b. The preferred approach is to relieve nurses for two 15- 23 minute rest periods and one 30-minute meal period within an 8-hour shift; 24 however, a break and meal period may be combined if the circumstances 25 in Paragraph 3 are met, and that the nurse’s meal period occur during the 26 middle four (4) hours of the nurse’s shift, when practical; and
28 c. If a nurse is not able to take a 30-minute uninterrupted meal 29 period, the nurse will be paid for such 30 minutes. The nurse must inform 30 his or her supervisor if the nurse anticipates he or she will be or actually is 31 unable to take such 30-minute uninterrupted meal period.
33 d. If a nurse is not able to take all or part of a rest period as 34 scheduled or pre-arranged, it is the nurse’s responsibility to talk with his or 1 her charge nurse in a timely manner about potential alternative rest 2 periods.
4 3. The Medical Center commits to the importance of providing rest 5 and meal periods for nurses.
7 4. In furtherance of this commitment, each unit’s staffing plan will 8 provide for the elements of paragraph 2 above. Each unit’s staffing plan will be 9 made available for review on the Medical Center’s Intranet.
11 5. Each unit will review its written staffing plan on no less than an 12 annual basis to determine whether revision to the plan is necessary in order to 13 provide for rest and meal periods. Each unit will determine what available 14 information will help inform such review. In reviewing the written plan to 15 determine whether revisions are necessary, ...
Scheduling of Meals and Breaks. The parties acknowledge the legal requirements and the importance of rest and meal periods for nurses. The parties further acknowledge that the scheduling of regular rest periods requires appropriate staffing and scheduling, teamwork, professional accountability and active charge nurse involvement. The parties therefore agree as follows:
1. Scheduling of breaks is best resolved by unit-based decisions, where the affected nurses are involved in creative and flexible approaches to the scheduling of rest periods and meal periods.
2. Each unit will determine what reasonably available information will help inform reviews of meal and break use. The units will then use that information to develop a process for scheduling nurses for the total amount of rest and meal periods set forth in this section, to be included in their staffing plan.
a. The process must be approved by the unit manager;
b. The preferred approach is to relieve nurses for two 15- minute rest periods and one 30-minute meal period within an 8-hour shift; however, a break and meal period may be combined during the middle four (4) hours of the nurse’s shift, when practical;
c. If a nurse is not able to take any break or meal period, it is the nurse’s responsibility to talk in a timely manner with their charge nurse, or supervisor if the charge nurse is unavailable, about potential alternative meal or break periods. If a nurse is not able to take a 30-minute uninterrupted meal period, the nurse will be paid for such 30 minutes. In the event nurses on a particular unit or units have concerns about the implementation of paragraph 2 or about the availability of meal periods or breaks on the unit in general, the concern may be raised with the Task Force or the appropriate unit- based committee of their clinical division, in addition to the remedies provided by the grievance procedure. There will be no retaliation for reporting or recording missed meals or breaks.
Scheduling of Meals and Breaks. The parties acknowledge the legal 6 requirements and the importance of rest and meal periods for Registered nurses. 7 The parties further acknowledge that the scheduling of regular rest periods 8 requires appropriate staffing and scheduling, teamwork, professional 9 accountability and active charge nurse involvement. The parties therefore agree 10 as follows:
11 1. Scheduling of breaks, including the timing of breaks is best resolved by 12 unit-based decisions, where the affected Registered nurses are involved 13 in creative and flexible approaches to the scheduling of rest periods and
Scheduling of Meals and Breaks. The parties acknowledge the legal 4 requirements and the importance of rest and meal periods for registered nurses. The 5 parties further acknowledge that the scheduling of regular rest periods requires 6 appropriate staffing and scheduling, teamwork, professional accountability and active 7 charge nurse involvement. The parties therefore agree as follows:
9 1. Scheduling of breaks, including the timing of breaks is best 10 resolved by unit-based decisions, where the affected registered nurses 11 are involved in creative and flexible approaches to the scheduling of rest 12 periods and meal periods.
14 2. Each unit will determine what reasonably available information will 15 help inform reviews of meal and break use. The units will then use that 16 information to develop a process for scheduling registered nurses for the 17 total amount of rest and meal periods set forth in this section, to be 18 included in their staffing plan.
20 a. The process must be approved by the unit manager;
22 b. The preferred approach is to relieve registered nurses for 23 two 15-minute rest periods and one 30-minute meal period within an 8- 24 hour shift; however, a break and meal period may be combined during the 25 middle four (4) hours of the registered nurse’s shift, when practical;
27 c. It is a shared responsibility among the registered nurse, 28 charge nurse, house supervisor, and unit leadership to communicate, 29 monitor, and support meal and break periods. . If a registered nurse is not 30 able to take a 30-minute uninterrupted meal period, the registered nurse 31 will be paid for such 30 minutes. 32 33 In the event registered nurses on a particular unit or units have concerns about 1 the implementation of paragraph 2 or about the availability of meal periods or breaks on 2 the unit in general, the concern may be raised with the Task Force or the appropriate 3 unit-based committee of their clinical division, in addition to the remedies provided by 4 the grievance procedure. 6 There will be no retaliation for reporting or recording missed meals or breaks.
Scheduling of Meals and Breaks. The parties acknowledge the legal requirements and the importance of rest and meal periods for nurses. The parties further acknowledge that the scheduling of regular rest periods requires appropriate staffing and scheduling, teamwork, professional accountability and active charge nurse involvement. The parties therefore agree as follows:
1. Scheduling of breaks is best resolved by unit-based decisions, where the affected nurses are involved in creative and flexible approaches to the scheduling of rest periods and meal periods.
2. Each unit will determine what reasonably available information will help inform reviews of meal and break use. The units will then use that information to develop a process for scheduling nurses for the total amount of rest and meal periods set forth in this section, to be included in their staffing plan.
a. The process must be approved by the unit manager;
b. The preferred approach is to relieve nurses for two 15-minute rest periods and one 30-minute meal period within an 8-hour shift; however, a break and meal period may be combined during the middle four (4) hours of the nurse’s shift, when practical;
