Exam 25: Handling Collective Bargaining Issues

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?

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?

Which job responsibilities indicate that a nurse has supervisory capacity? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

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 a result of a strike. Which statement by the nurse is correct?

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?

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

To balance the rights of employees and the public, Congress passed a special set of procedures for settling labor disputes in the healthcare 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.

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?

A nurse is interested in the possibility of collective bargaining in the workplace. What will the nurse find when researching this possibility? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

Which statements by a nurse manager would the supervisor interpret as indicating an understanding of why collective bargaining is complicated for nurses? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

A nurse manager is conversing with a colleague at a national meeting. The colleague states, "I've just never understood why a nurse would want to join a union." What responses by the manager would explain the attraction of unionization? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

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

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

A grievance has been filed against a hospital. Which statement by the nurse executive reflects common reasons for grievances? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

Grievances can usually be classified as what?

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 to be included in the role? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

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

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? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

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?

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?