Exam 18: Collective Bargaining: Traditional Unionand Nontraditional Approaches

A staff nurse is scheduled to work 3 to 11 PM in the cardiac step-down unit.The staff nurse realizes he/she is the only RN who will be on duty.The staff nurse calls the supervisor to say that help will be needed.The supervisor replies that there are no available nurses to assign to this unit.What should the nurse do?

A nurse manager is speaking to a group of nurses about how to choose their representative if they wish to participate in traditional or nontraditional collective bargaining.The nurse manager knows the teaching has been effective if the nurses select which of the following as ways to choose their representative?

The nurse believes that an adequate understanding of arbitration through the traditional collective bargaining unit has been obtained.Which of the following statements supports this belief?

What would the nurse identify as a primary difference between traditional and nontraditional collective bargaining?

A nurse is striving to control personal nursing practice.Which action should the nurse avoid?

Which actions can the nurse take during a job interview to ensure job satisfaction in the future?

A nurse believes that the patient assignment received is unsafe.Which actions should be taken to correct this?

What actions can the registered nurse take to control personal practice?

The nurse manager has an adequate understanding of the common issues in nursing when stating which of the following?

In which situation would the traditional type of collective bargaining (union)be best to help nurses attain their goals?

A nurse is preparing a presentation.How can the nurse explain one of the primary concerns of the proponents for a nontraditional collective bargaining unit versus the traditional union-based nursing model?

A union nurse is educating a new nurse on common issues faced by nurses today.The union nurse knows that the teaching has been effective when the new nurse states

Which actions by hospitals in the 1940s began the journey to collective bargaining for nurses?

A charge nurse is providing education to coworkers on state nursing associations.The charge nurse judges that the teaching has been effective when a coworker states which of the following?

A nurse believes that an assignment is unfair and refuses to care for the assigned patients.What could be the outcome if the nurse abandoned the patient assignment?

Which provision-if labor management included it in a contract-would not be to nursing's advantage?

Which statement best describes when collective bargaining by nurses can occur?

Which statement by the nurse indicates understanding of collective bargaining in the workplace?

A nurse is educating a new nurse on grievance mechanisms.The nurse judges that the teaching has been effective when the new nurse states

A nurse is teaching nursing students about issues that keep nursing from becoming a profession of choice.The nurse knows that the teaching has been effective when one of the nursing students states