NURS420 Ch 25

Nurses in a hospital are working to establish a union. Which finding will these nurses be interested in seeing?

30% of eligible hospital nurses have signed a card indicating interest

To balance the rights of employees and the public. Congress passed a special set of procedures for settling labor disputes in the health care industry. These include a specification that one party must notify the other of intent to change or terminate a contract _____ days before the contract expires.

90

One of the areas of supervision defined by the National Labor Relations Board is independent judgment. Which nurses falls into this categoary?

A nurse who works twice a month as charge nurse on an acute care unit, A nurse who makes team assignments as part of the charge nurse role, A nurse whose job includes choosing which assistants to place with which clients

An ICU nurse manager states, the hospital has a union but I wouldn't advise joining to a newly hired nurse. The HR director is informed of this comment. How should the HR director respond?

Remind the manager that there is to be no interference with an employee's decision to join the union

A grievance has been filed against a hospital whose nursing staff has just established a union. What is the nurse executive 's first step?

Review the agreement for information about grievances

The nurse executive is addressing a conference bargaining and nurses. Which statement should the executive include in the address?

Your concerns that collective bargaining may separate staff nurses and managerial nurses are well founded

A nurse has been hired as a new nurse manager at a hospital that has union representation. Which union-related activities should this manager expect will be included in this role?

Actively helping to administer any grievance procedures, Participating in issues related to disciplining employees

A nurse who works in a hospital with a collective bargaining unit requires disciplining. Which actions by the nurse manager are critical?

Coaching the nurse as appropriate, Reviewing policy and procedures with the nurse, Discussing expectations that were not met

A housekeeping employee is questioning the employees' agent regarding the role of administering the ratified contract. The agent should explain to the employee that this role belongs to which person?

Designated union representative

The nurses in an organization are in the process of selecting a bargaining agent. Which action by the nurse executive is considered a fair labor practice?

Disallowing collective bargaining organizational meetings at the hospital

The nurse manager is educating staff about the collective bargaining process. Who should this nurse say controls collective bargaining in health care?

Federal laws

Approximately half of an organization's employees decide they are not happy with their current contract, which will expire in 4 months. The union representative informs the group that they can work to change the contract. What is the next step in this process?

Giving the union notice of desire to change the contract at least 90 days before it expires.

A grievance has been filed against a hospital. Which statement by the nurse executive reflects common reasons for grievances?

I think there is a misunderstanding of one of the terms of the contract, I think this grievance is based on a term in the old contract that is not included in the new contract, This contract just is not going to work. We need to renegotiate.

The nurses of a hospital have given notice of their desire to unionize. The nurse executive is meeting with all nurse managers to discuss their role. Which information should the executive provide for these managers?

If the nurses on you unit want to organize, do not interfere, I will keep you posted as we move through this process

A nurse manager enters the staff break room. The manager overhears the nursing staff discussing wages and paid time off as issues to consider during the bargaining process. Which action by the manager would be appropriate?

Inform staff they are not to talk about their bargaining issues during work time or at the work site

the manager tells a potential nurse hire that the organization is a closed shop organization. The nurse asks for clarification. Which response by the manager is most accurate?

It means you are required to join the union if you accept this position

A nurse manager is conversing with a colleague at a national meeting. The colleague states, Ive just never understood why a nurse would want to join a union. What responses by the manager would explain the attraction of unionization?

It's usually a combination of factors such as low wages and high nurse to client rations, Many nurses have supervisors who think they understand what its like to work on the unit every day, Many nurses are frustrated because communication between nurses and administration is so poor

A nurse is interested in the possibility of collective bargaining in the workplace. What will the nurse find when researching this possibility?

Most nurses do not work under collective bargaining agreements, The National Labor Relations Board has addressed collective bargaining in nursing

The National Labor Relations Board has certified a union to be the bargaining agent for hospital. A nurse working in the hospital has a grievance and says to the nurse manager. Wait until the union gets involved. Which response by the manager is appropriate?

NLRB certification does not mean a union will develop

A nurse who has accepted a position as an assistant ICU manager is discussing unionization with the HR director. The HR director says the nurse cannot join the union. What rationale should the HR director offer for this statement?

RNs hired as management are not eligible for collective bargaining

The nursing staff at a hospital is upset regarding nurse-client ratios. One of the nurses say our contract is not being honored. I think we need to tear it up and strike, starting tomorrow. Which response by the union representative is most appropriate?

The FMCS has to have 30 days notice of our intent to strike

Which statements by a nurse manager would the supervisor interpret as indicating an understanding of why collective bargaining is complicated for nurses?

The determination of who is eligible to join a union is complication, In some institutions, nurses have formed their own unions

A nurse is discussing the intent of the nurse's collective bargaining representation to strike. The nurse's spouse is concerned about the length of time the nurse may lose as result of a strike. Which statement by the nurse is correct?

The hospital has 10-day notice before we go on strike

Which job responsibilities indicate that a nurse has supervisory capacity?

The nurse assigns a nurse assistant to care for a team of clients, The nurse hires staff to manage units, The nurse retains responsibility for the actions of nurses assigned to provide client care

A nurse assistant states, I don't understand why they would they select a nurse to be the union representative. Which response by a coworker is appropriate?

The representative must be an employee of the union or a member of the nursing staff

A union has won a representative election. What right does that union now hold ?

The right to be the bargaining agent for a group of employees

The housekeeping employee asks the employees' agent what role the union representative plays. What answer should the agent provide?

They are responsible for administering the contract

As a cost-saving initiative, the hospital administration has asked the night staff nurses to refill drug supplies at night while the pharmacist is not present. The nurses file a grievance and nurse managers become involved. How would this grievance be classified?

Violation of federal and state laws.

The nurse works in a federal hospital that is beginning the collective bargaining process with nurses. The nurse is disappointed to discover that which concern cannot be addressed in negotiations?

Wages

A union representative tells the nurses of a hospital that they should review the Kentucky River trilogy as part of their education regarding unionization. What will the nurses learn from this review?

Which nurses are considered to have supervisory status