• Nurse Staffing Committee RN Survey

  • Implementation of New Law

    Composition of nurse staffing committee

  • Do you Agree or Disagree with the following statement: Our nurse staffing committee is composed of at least ½ registered nurses providing direct patient care

  • Do you Agree or Disagree with the following statement: Staff nurse members of the nurse staffing committee are selected according to the collective bargaining agreement for my hospital

  • How are nurses selected?
  • Do you Agree or Disagree with the following statement: The nurse staffing committee meets often

  • Development and adoption of your hospital’s nurse staffing plan

    Do you Agree or Disagree with the following statement:

  • The annual patient care unit and shift staffingplan is primarily developed by the NSC

  • The following factors were considered in the development of the nurse staffing plan

    Do you Agree or Disagree with the following statements:

  • Census, including total numbers of patients on the unit on each shift were considered in the development of the nurse staffing plan

  • Activity such as patient discharges, admissions, and transfers were considered in the development of the nurse staffing plan

  • Level of intensity of all patients and nature of the care to be delivered on each shift were considered in the development of the nurse staffing plan

  • Skill mix of staff were considered in the development of the nurse staffing plan

  • Level of experience and specialty certification or training of nursing personnel providing care were considered in the development of the nurse staffing plan

  • The need for specialized or intensive equipment were considered in the development of the nurse staffing plan

  • Availability of other personnel supporting nursing services on the unit were considered in the development of the nurse staffing plan

  • Strategies to enable registered nurses to take meal and rest breaks as required by law or collective bargaining agreement were considered in the development of the nurse staffing plan

  • What strategy is in place?

  • If you are being forced to miss Meal and Rest Breaks or use a "Break Buddy" in order to take your break then your employer could be breaking the law. A Union Rep may want to contact you to hear more details about your situation and be sure you have the support and coverage as outlined in the law and by our Union contract.

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  • The nurse staffing plan is posted with actual staffing levels (nurses and relevant clinical staff) for each shift in a public area on each patient care unit?

  • Implementation and Monitoring of the Nurse Staffing Plan

    Do you Agree or Disagree with the following statements:

  • The NSC has a point person responsible for collecting data regarding nurse staffing complaints

  • The NSC has reviewed data regarding nurse staffing complaints

  • The NSC has a process to examine and respond to nurse staffing complaints

  • If you have submitted a CSI complaint have you received a response back from the Nurse Staffing Committee?

  • The NSC has a process to track patterns of unresolved complaints

  • The NSC is or will be scheduled to review the plan within 6 months of adoption.

  • Should be Empty: