Common use of PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES Clause in Contracts

PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES. A. As medical staff committee appointments are made annually by the Chief of Staff, the administration agrees to suggest to each incumbent of that office that a nurse or nurses participate in the medical staff Ethics committee. . B. The Medical Center will appoint at least one nurse, selected by mutual agreement between the RNA Executive Committee and the Medical Center, to the following Medical Center committees: C. The function of the nurse attending the committee meetings described in paragraphs A and B shall be to recommend to and review with the medical staff improvements that may be made in rendering the best possible care to patients in the Medical Center and to receive from the medical staff recommendations on the improvement of nursing care. Prior to and subsequent to each meeting, the nurse should communicate with nursing administration to be advised of problem areas and to share recommendations affecting nursing care. D. Should the nurse feel the committee was not responsive to the nursing point of view, she may review the problem with the RNA Executive Committee, which may in turn review said problem with the Vice President Patient Care. E. Committees that evaluate evidence based nursing practice will recommend policy changes to management; further, these committees will not engage in practices that are mandatory subjects of bargaining.

PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES. A. As medical staff committee appointments are made annually by the Chief of Staff, the administration agrees to suggest to each incumbent of that office that a nurse or nurses participate in the medical staff Ethics committee. . B. The Medical Center will appoint at least one nurse, selected by mutual agreement between the RNA Executive Committee and the Medical Center, to the following Medical Center committees: C. The function of the nurse attending the committee meetings described in paragraphs A and B shall be to recommend to and review with the medical staff improvements that may be made in rendering the best possible care to patients in the Medical Center and to receive from the medical staff recommendations on the improvement of nursing care. Prior to and subsequent to each meeting, the nurse should communicate with nursing administration to be advised of problem areas and to share recommendations affecting nursing care. D. Should the nurse feel the committee was not responsive to the nursing point of view, she may review the problem with the RNA Executive Committee, which may in turn review said problem with the Vice President Patient CareNursing. E. Committees that evaluate evidence based nursing practice will recommend policy changes to management; further, these committees will not engage in practices that are mandatory subjects of bargaining.