AURN - Oregon Nurses Association

Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU)
Oregon Nurses Association
Bargaining Unit Newsletter
Association of University Registered
Nurses – AURN
In this issue
New Leadership Team Page 1
Critical Care Incentive Pages 1-2
Guiding Principles for Nurse Rest Periods Page 2
March 27, 2014
Changes to Hiring Processes for Nurses Page 3
ONA / AURN
Executive Team:
Update on Anti-Worker Measures Pages 3-4
Multi-Day Parking Pass Update Page 4
ONA / AURN
Executive Team:
President:
Kathleen Cooper, RN
12K CMICU
Vice President:
Thomas Saifkhani, RN
IV Therapy
New Unit Representatives! Page 4
New Leadership Team To Take Helm
of AURN June 1, 2014
Three candidates for AURN office ran
of the AURN Contract Action Team during
Secretary:
Cheryl Rice, RN DCH OR
unopposed and were thus elected by
last year’s negotiations.
Treasurer:
Harold Fleshman, RN
The new officers elected include:
4A Transplant
Member at Large:
Susanna Rhodes, RN
DNCC
acclamation on March 10, 2014.
McPhee (Medical Intermediate Care
AURN President – Clarice Gerlach
Unit) Lizzy is a an AURN Unit
(EPS-Card Cath) Clarice has lengthy lead-
Representative and was a member of
ership experience as an AURN Unit Repre-
the Bargaining Team during last year’s
sentative on her current unit and
negotiations.
ONA Labor Relations
Representatives
12K CMICU. Clarice served on the
Courtney Niebel, BA
503-293-0011 ext. 341
[email protected]
contract negotiations and is also a member
Sam Gieryn, JD
503-293-0011 ext. 350
[email protected]
administers labor relations policy for ONA.
Bargaining Team during last year’s AURN
of ONA’s statewide Cabinet on Economic
and General Welfare, which sets and
AURN Treasurer – Marc McDermid
(Poison Control) Marc is an AURN Unit
Representative and was an active member
Oregon Nurses Association
18765 SW Boones Ferry Road
Suite 200
Tualatin, OR 97062
AURN Member-At-Large – Elizabeth
In addition, three nurses were also elected
by acclamation to the Professional Nursing
Care Committee (PNCC):
PNCC Seat 2 – Clarice Gerlach
(EPS-Card Cath)
PNCC Seat 4 – Catherine Galpin (Ped. ICU)
PNCC Seat 6 – Sarah Mittelman
(Inpatient Psych)
Critical Need Incentive Cannot Be Applied to Just One Nurse
1-800-634-3552
within Oregon
It has come to the attention
stated inaccurate
Employer to “designate a
of AURN that some
information regarding
shift on a specific unit in the
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managers may be applying
how CNI pay is applied.
cluster as a CNI Shift for
Critical Need Incentive
The confusion may have
that unit only based on a
(CNI) pay inappropriately.
stemmed from the addition
specific skill set needed for
A recent Trauma Intensive
of new language in Article
the unit.” Apparently, the
Care Unit (TICU) newsletter
10.11.2 which allows for the
language had been
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misinterpreted by some managers in the critical care cluster
to allow for them to designate CNI for an individual that
possesses a needed skill set and not pay CNI to other
nurses working extra shifts at the same time. The contract is
extremely clear that “once a shift has been identified on a
unit or CNI cluster as a Critical Need Incentive shift, any
FTE nurse in the unit or cluster who works the shift as
an ‘extra’ shift shall receive the pay differential…”
If you have worked an extra shift on a day in which you know
another nurse in the cluster or unit received CNI then you
were entitled to CNI for that shift as well. Please contact an
ONA Labor Representative to discuss options for seeking
remuneration.
OHSU and AURN Share Guiding Principles for Nurse Rest Periods
During the past round of negotiations,
the AURN and OHSU agreed to
Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) #13, Administration of Meals
and Breaks. This MOU establishes a
Rapid Process Improvement Team
(RPIT) which is currently being formed
to make recommendations to all
Unit-Based Practice Councils
(UBNPCs) and to the Chief Nurse
Executive regarding the best
methodologies to facilitate the taking
of meal and rest breaks. If you are
management support for implementation.
OHSU also agreed to make the
following commitments to nurses
a part of MOU #13:
- To maintain a special program for
nurses who are breastfeeding.
- To provide directions to bargaining
unit nurses and at new employee
orientation regarding how to record
their missed breaks.
- To provide assurances to bargaining
interested in participating on the
unit nurses and at new employee
RPIT, contact Courtney Niebel at
orientation that nurses will not suffer
[email protected]
adverse repercussions for recording
Once UBNPCs receive data and
missed breaks.
issues to the individuals who have
authority to intervene and assist
(presumably their charge nurse
or manager).
- Charge nurses who are
encountering difficulties with
providing meal and rest breaks
to nurses on their unit will notify
their manager or designee in a
timely manner.
- Nurses will hand over care of their
patients to take their allotted meal
and rest breaks and will follow
applicable hand-off procedures for
taking breaks.
- Nurses who provide coverage for a
nurse taking a meal or rest break
will strive to provide the same level
of quality patient care as the nurse
taking the break, and managers will
support and facilitate their efforts.
recommendations from the RPIT they
The AURN and OHSU explicitly agreed
will develop a methodology to facilitate
that it is the hospital’s responsibility to
the taking of meals and rest breaks for
provide breaks and meals and that it is
their unit. The methodology will
the nurses’ responsibility to take them.
include: the scheduling of meal and
We also agreed that the consistency
For more information read
rest breaks, a structured hand-off
with which nurses receive breaks will
MOU #13 on page 127 of the
process that identifies assignments
Agreement or contact your
for which taking breaks is more
improve if both nurses and managers
adhere to the following “Guiding
challenging, a structured hand-off
Principles”:
process to apply when breaks are
- Nurses will follow the methodology
recommended by their UBNPC and
facilitated by the manager.
taken, process for float RNs to receive
breaks and an appropriate reporting
system. UBNPCs will be responsible
for review and maintenance of these
methodologies and the MOU requires
ONA/AURN Representatives.
- Nurses who experience issues with
successfully taking their meal and
rest breaks will timely report these
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Many Changes to Hiring Process for AURN Nurses
Article 19 of our new ONA/AURN
all unit nurses are qualified. We
All qualified AURN nurses who apply
contract contains many changes in
have also clarified that when two
for a transfer within the seven-day
the way AURN nurses bid for
resource nurses with no previous
posting period will be interviewed
positions. This includes bidding for
seniority compete for an in-unit bid,
prior to outside applicants according
a different position on your unit or
it is the length of service on the unit
to a new language in Section 19.4.2.
bidding for a transfer to a different
that determines who would get
If you are not contacted for an
unit. Please don’t hesitate to seek
the position.
interview within a reasonable time
the advice of your coworkers, an
AURN Unit Representative or ONA
Labor Representative when bidding
for a new position.
All other hiring conflicts, including
those between AURN nurses for
house-wide postings (transfers), are
decided on the basis of experience
after applying, check iRecruit or
contact the hiring manager or nurse
recruiter’s office to find out if you
were deemed unqualified for the
position. New language also provides
It is important to remember that
and qualifications. The determination
whether you are bidding in-unit
of experience and qualifications must
(Section 19.3) or house-wide
be based on factors capable of
(Section 19.4), you must apply
accurate comparative assessment.
within seven days from the date
Seniority only plays a role in transfers
There is a new process for nurses
the position was posted.
when the candidates’ qualifications
that attempt a transfer and are
Otherwise, your rights under
are substantially equal. The priority
unsuccessful. OHSU still has the
those Sections are lost.
accorded to regular AURN nurses in
right to determine that a transfer is
Section 19.4.3 still requires that an
not working out, and to return a nurse
AURN nurse who meets the minimum
to his or her former position if it is still
qualifications for a position will get it
available. However, Section 19.9
before any outside applicant,
now provides that if the nurse’s
regardless of their relative
former position is no longer available
qualifications, as long as the nurse
OHSU will award, or if necessary
applied within the seven-day posting
create, a resource nurse position for
period. Within each of the categories
the nurse on their former unit. The
listed, OHSU must hire the most
nurse will then have up to two years
qualified applicant before considering
to bid for other positions utilizing their
any of the candidates in a lower
previous seniority as a regular full
priority category.
time equivalent (FTE nurse).
The information that needs to be
contained in job announcements
has been clarified. If there are any
material changes in the position once
it is posted, it may not be filled until it
is reposted. To ensure that all unit
nurses are aware of in-unit positions
available managers are now required
to email any posted position to all
nurses on the unit.
In-unit positions are decided solely
that internal applicants who are
interviewed will be informed of the
hiring decision within 14 days.
on the basis of seniority presuming
Important Update: Anti-Worker Measures Removed
our very existence. Additionally, several revenue initiatives
From 2014 Ballot
were also withdrawn from consideration from the 2014 ballot.
ONA is pleased to share some important, late-breaking news
The best news out of this deal is that nurses and other
from the Keep Oregon Working campaign:
Oregon workers will not have to face a major, multi-million
As a result of conversations brokered by Governor
dollar attack from out-of-state corporate interests in 2014.
Kitzhaber, Initiative Petition 9 – the anti-worker initiative –
However, the fight for Oregon’s future is far from over. It’s
has been withdrawn by the chief petitioners. This was a
critical that we remain vigilant about what’s happening to
measure supported by out of state corporate interests
working families right now. While corporate profits and
seeking to limit the power of unions and – indeed – threaten
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incomes for the top one percent are at all time highs, wages
ONA will continue to highlight the importance of working
and incomes for working people have fallen since the end of
families and advocate for ways to make Oregon’s economy
the recession.
more fair for everyone. We look forward to working with you
on these shared priorities.
Multi-Day Parking Pass Update
Recently, the Transportation & Parking
with the days they will need parking
(T&P) Department discontinued sales
for the next week.
of multi-day passes at the booth and
are purchasing passes.
- The friend must pay with their own card
Following are the stipulations to this
(not the card of the person they are
agreement:
purchasing passes for) or with cash
recognized that nurses are not able
- Only one diamond parking permit will
This system is a stop-gap measure until
to purchase these passes during T&P’s
be sold.
the online purchasing system is
declared that these passes would
only be sold out of their office. We
regular business hours and worked with
the department to come to a reasonable
compromise. We know that less than 40
nurses have been purchasing multi-day
- The nurse must pay for their permits
within a week; they can come in to the
office to pay or they can mail in a check.
passes and to accommodate their needs - The email will include how much is
we have agreed to the following options: due so there is no confusion.
1) The first option is that T&P will
email permits to nurses one
week in advance.
2) The second option is to allow a
friend to pay for and pick up passes:
implemented this summer. This program
will allow all employees to purchase
daily and multi-day passes online from
home and print their own permit so there
will no longer be a need to obtain them
from the T&P office or the booths. If you
have questions or concerns regarding
this please contact Courtney Niebel at
[email protected]
- The friend coming in must know the
They should email [email protected]
license plates of the cars for which they
New Unit Representatives!
The AURN has six new Unit Representative Training
Graduates (pictured below, with the exception of Pat Fay,
management and you have any concern that the meeting
South Operating Room). Unit Representatives are your resource
your Unit Representative or an ONA Labor Rep. Look
for information about practices on your unit and your rights
at any ONA/AURN bulletin board for a complete list of
under the contract. If you are called to meet with
Unit Representatives.
Lori Kelly
Oregon Clinical
Translational Research
Institute (OCTRI)
Maria LaVelle
Neurosciences Intensive
Care Unit (NSICU)
may lead to discipline, you have a right to bring along
Lisa Schildmeyer
Pediatric Sedation
Carrie Galpin
Pediatric Intensive Care
Unit (PICU)
Patricia Chlopek
Community Hematology/
Oncology (CHO)
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