Unit-Based Practice Councils. Each nursing unit will develop an interdisciplinary practice council, also referred to as a unit-based council. Such a council 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, voluntary on-call guidelines, 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 shall 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. Any ad hoc or standing committee dealing with contractual issues shall include the unit’s ONA Unit Representative or ONA designee and be reflected in the minutes. 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 Councils. Each nursing unit as appropriate will develop an interdisciplinary practice council, also referred to as a Unit-Based Practice Council (UBPC). Such a council 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, on-call guidelines, risk management, patient safety, employee safety, orientation, nurses competency and skills checklist, quality improvement and peer review issues). All recommendations made by such committees must be in compliance with the current Agreement, with applicable legal requirements, and with Medical Center policy and procedure. UBPCs may set aside time for voting members only to meet. UBPCs generally will meet monthly for two hours, as scheduled by the Nurse Manager. Nurse Managers and assistant Nurse Managers are non-voting members of the UBPC.
Unit-Based Practice Councils. Each nursing unit as appropriate will develop 22 an interdisciplinary practice council, also referred to as a Unit-Based Practice 23 Council (UBPC). Such a council will be responsible for making 24 recommendations and accomplishing tasks related to unit goals and policies 25 related to interdisciplinary patient care (including operational, clinical, 26 standardization, staffing and scheduling, on-call guidelines, risk management, 27 patient safety, employee safety, orientation, nurses competency and skills 28 checklist, quality improvement and peer review issues). All recommendations 29 made by such committees must be in compliance with the current Agreement, 30 with applicable legal requirements, and with Medical Center policy and 31 procedure. UBPCs may set aside time for voting members only to meet. 32 UBPCs generally will meet monthly for two hours, as scheduled by the Nurse 33 Manager. Nurse Managers and assistant Nurse Managers are non-voting 34 members of the UBPC.
