Patricia Briggs | Sunday, November 20, 2011 5:45:00 PM
California State law/regulation states that each RN is entitled to one unpaid meal break for every 5 hours worked.
An RN working 8-hour shifts is entitled to one unpaid meal break during the shift. In addition, the meal break must be provided during...
Patricia Briggs | Sunday, November 20, 2011 5:20:00 PM
NUCs and Charge Nurses should remember that patient care needs come before NUC duties and Charge Nurse duties.
There are times when conflicts arise for NUCs and Charge Nurses between patient care needs and the duties expected of NUCs and Charge Nurs...
Patricia Briggs | Sunday, November 20, 2011 5:06:00 PM
Starting work before you clock in and finishing work after you clock out could lead to liability and confidentiality problems.
Liability Issues: ECH's malpractice insurance covers RNs if they are on authorized work hours, working within their scope ...
Patricia Briggs | Thursday, January 06, 2011 11:54:00 PM
Management has decided to require all RNs to reduce their PTO accrual banks to no more than 250 hours. They say the reason is so that an RN will continue to accrue PTO when the maximum accrual limit is reduced to 350 hours as stipulated in the unilat...
Patricia Briggs | Monday, November 29, 2010 11:31:00 PM
The ECH Board of Directors voted to impose the Hospital's Last, Best and Final Offer (LBF). Each provision in the LBF has a specific implementation date. The LBF is on the website under ANNOUNCEMENTS. The PRN Executive Board and Negotiating Committee...
Patricia Briggs | Sunday, October 31, 2010 8:37:00 PM
PRN and ECH have mutually declared an impasse on compensation and benefits. Following the September 30, 2010 vote by the PRN memebership to reject the hospital's Last, Best and Final (LBF) Offer on Compensation and Benefits, an impasse was declared b...
Patricia Briggs | Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:40:00 PM
Contract negotiations concluded on September 9, 2010. We were able to reach agreement on non-economic working conditions and a limited number of economic issues, such as some differentials and EL.
We were unable to reach agreement on compensat...
Patricia Briggs | Monday, May 31, 2010 8:14:00 PM
Change is in the air at MCH in Mountain View. Management has decided the model of care in MCH is going to change to Couplet Care or "Family Centered Maternity Care". The change to couplet care will happen after the RNs and management have devel...
Patricia Briggs | Monday, December 21, 2009 6:06:00 PM
The history of union representation at El Camino Hospital dates back to 1966. PRN formed out of the ECH Staff Nurses' Association in1979. Beginning in 1998 ECH and PRN have used Interest-Based Bargaining (IBB) as our negotiating format. We have been ...
Patricia Briggs | Monday, November 09, 2009 3:29:00 PM
Social networking (FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter, blogs) can be great fun and an easy, quick way to share information. It can also lead to misunderstanding and unintended consequences. There is a fine line between freedom of speech and violating an empl...
Patricia Briggs | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:21:00 PM
There are some RNs, especially on the night shift, who think they can combine rest and meal breaks into one long sleep period. This is not legal.
There are some RNs, especially those working 12-hour shifts, who think they are entitled to two (2) mea...