Quality of Patient Care
Creation of professional practice and patient care committees
Regulation of the use of temporary nurses
Restriction on the use of certain types of personnel
Creation of Assignment Despite Objection (ADO) forms to document and record faulty, unsafe, or poor patient care situations
Provisions for mandatory orientation
Staffing Patterns
Designation of specific non-nursing functions that nurses will no longer be required to perform
Establishment of advisory committees to review staffing issues and to assist in formulating staffing standards and policies
Health and Safety
Provision of health and safety committees
Free hepatitis B vaccine and follow-up procedures to determine whether immunity has been obtained
AIDS screening free of charge to any nurse exposed to blood or other bodily fluids
Procedures for informing RNs who may be at risk of exposure to an infectious agent or agents as a result of responsibility for the care of a patient
Job Security Provisions
Forbid layoff of RNs during the life of the contract and/or forbids replacing RNs with any other classification of employee
Provide recognition and contract continuity in the event the hospital is sold or acquired
Outline retraining and cross-training programs and opportunities for nurses who might be at risk of layoff
Detail seniority and layoff and recall procedures
6/19/07
