Educator, Administrator, APRN, Clinical Nurse Leader, or Community Health
Union organizing process
strategy/targeting/contacts > building support > card signing > NLRB filing > Secret ballot election > Certification of vote by NLRB
4 TX Health & Safety Code §257. Nurse Staffing purpose
to protect patients, support greater retention of RNs, and promote adequate nurse staffing, the legislature intends to establish a mechanism whereby nurses and hospital mgmt shall participate in a joint process regarding decisions about nurse staffing
When GN temporary authorization expires
(1) when the candidate passes the NCLEX-PN® or NCLEX-RN® test; (2) when the candidate fails the NCLEX-PN® or NCLEX-RN® test; (3) or on the 75th day following the effective date of the temporary authorization
Mandatory Hospital Staffing Committees
committees that involve direct care nurses to determine the nurse to patient ratios for their facility based on their nurse and patient populations. Texas was the first state in the country to implement staffing requirements.
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
administrative organization that enforce labor laws
NASA circadian rhythms
Circadian rhythm has two times of maximum sleepiness: between the hours of 3 and 5a.m., and 3 and 5 p.m.
Most classic reasons for filing safe harbor
too high nurse to patient ratio and inappropriate floats
Good Professional Character, §§213.27-213.29
explains client’s vulnerability and nurse’s “power” differential over the client by virtue of the client’s status and by the nature of the nurse:client relationship (client defers decisions to and relies on nurse to protect)
When duty to the patient is established
once nurse:patient relationship is formed (includes assessment prior to admission and non-work situations); A nurse who has knowledge that a situation places a patient at risk of harm has a duty to the patient or potential patient
