Mandatory overtime raises ethical issues about patient and nurse safety. How does voluntary overtime affect these issues?
1. It is also outlawed in states controlling mandatory overtime.
2. Nurses working overtime shifts are given smaller patient loads to protect safety.
3. There is no effect since the nurse has chosen to work overtime.
4. It requires nurse managers to be vigilant concerning safety.
Changes have been made to the employee handbook. What must occur in order for these changes to constitute a contract?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
1. The handbook must have been distributed to all employees of the facility.
2. The handbook must be written clearly.
3. The employee must attend an inservice session about the new handbook.
4. The employee must continue to work after the manual takes effect.
5. The employee must sign a document indicating the handbook has been received.
A work dispute has gone to arbitration. The nurses involved in the dispute are unhappy with the decision made by the arbitrator. Is the arbitrator's decision binding?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
1. The decision is binding.
2. Only if the other party also does not agree with the decision
3. Unless both parties agreed in advance that the decision is not binding
4. These decisions are only suggestions meant to guide further discussion.
5. If the dispute involves collective bargaining the decision is binding.
Which person would be the best choice for a mediator in a contract dispute between a nurse and a hospital?
1. A nurse who works on a similar unit in the hospital
2. A consultant from outside the hospital
3. A retired nurse who worked at the hospital five years ago
4. A hospital administrator from an area different from nursing
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