Unit-Based Practice Committees. Each nursing unit will develop an interdisciplinary practice committee, also referred to as a unit-based council. Such a committee will be responsible for making recommendations and accomplishing tasks related to unit goals and policies related to interdisciplinary patient care (including operational, clinical, standardization, staffing and scheduling, budgetary, risk management, patient safety, employee safety, quality improvement and peer review issues). A standing or ad hoc subcommittee or task force consisting of nurses only may be established to deal with issues specific to the practice of nursing or contractual unit guidelines (e.g., PTO, on-call, education), including the review and amendment of nursing competency and skill checklists on nursing units. All recommendations made by such committees must be in compliance with the current contract, with applicable legal requirements, and with Medical Center policy and procedure.
Unit-Based Practice Committees. Each nursing unit will develop an interdisciplinary practice committee. Such a committee will be responsible for making recommendations and accomplishing tasks related to unit goals and policies related to interdisciplinary patient care (including operational, clinical, standardization, staffing and scheduling, budgetary, risk management, patient safety, employee safety, quality improvement and peer review issues). A standing or ad hoc subcommittee or task force consisting of nurses only may be established to deal with issues specific to the practice of nursing or contractual unit guidelines (e.g., PTO, on-call, education), including the review and amendment of nursing competency and skill checklists on nursing units. All recommendations made by such committees must be in compliance with the current contract, with applicable legal requirements, and with Medical Center policy and procedure.
Unit-Based Practice Committees. Each nursing unit will develop an 12 interdisciplinary practice committee, also referred to as a unit-based council. Such a 13 committee will be responsible for making recommendations and accomplishing tasks 15 operational, clinical, standardization, staffing and scheduling, budgetary, risk 16 management, patient safety, employee safety, quality improvement and peer review 17 issues). A standing or ad hoc subcommittee or task force consisting of nurses only may 18 be established to deal with issues specific to the practice of nursing or contractual unit 19 guidelines (e.g., PTO, on-call, education), including the review and amendment of 20 nursing competency and skill checklists on nursing units. All recommendations made 21 by such committees must be in compliance with the current contract, with applicable 22 legal requirements, and with Medical Center policy and procedure. 25 accepted on a voluntary basis. If the number of nurse volunteers exceeds the 26 number of nurse vacancies, as determined by the council, then nurse members 27 will be determined by majority vote among unit nurses. Councils are encouraged 28 to include representatives from all areas of nursing practice for the unit and from 29 all shifts.
