Vulnerability Assessment Quiz: Nurses

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1. Nurses have input into decisions about nurse/patient ratios.
2. Our hospital has conducted an opinion survey for nurses during the last 12 months.
3. We have had a staff reduction (layoff) during the last 12 months.
4. We anticipate a staff reduction in the upcoming 6 months.
5. We have frozen salaries across the board or for selected groups during the past 6 months.
6. We anticipate a salary freeze for some or all of our employees during the next 6 months.
7. We have a Conflict Resolution Procedure (Grievance Procedure) as part of our Human Resource policies.
8. Our Conflict Resolution Procedure includes “Peer Review” or outside arbitration.
9. We have received NLRB unfair labor practice charge(s) during the last 3 months.
10. Our hospital has a No Solution/No Distribution policy.
11. Our hospital acquiesces to, or condones exceptions to our No Solicitation/No Distribution policy.
12. We have a “merit pay” system.
13. We have changed CEOs during the last 6 months.
14. Our chief nursing executive has less than 1 year of service here.
15. Frequently we hear complaints about inadequate supplies or equipment.
16. Frequently we hear complaints about inadequate staffing.
17. Nurses have access to the decision-making that goes into their schedules.
18. We have a Clinical Ladder for career advancement.
19. Our nurses are out best referral system for new hires.
20. Nurses here routinely help direct lesser skilled employees such as aides or LPNs.
21. We have a hospital-sponsored child care program.
22. We have a current written policy on HIV/AIDS.
23. Staff meetings are conducted at least once a month. Minutes are published with corrective action noted about problems, which surface.
24. We have flexible schedules with options like job sharing available.
25. Nurses have input into Nursing Practice and Procedure policies.
26. Appropriate orientation and educational opportunities are provided for our clinical nurses.
27. Our managers have attended an employee relations in-service during the last 6 months.
28. We have on-going in-house management training programs.
29. There have been changes to our health insurance policies (either type of coverage or amount of employee contribution) during the past six months.
30. It has been reported that nurses are casually using collective bargaining type language, such as seniority, grievance, and arbitration.
31. Our pay practices of call back, on call, overtime and shift differential are consistently applied.
32. We have an “reduction in force” policy.
33. There have been incidents of “concerted activity” (petitions, requests for group meetings, informal representations) reported in the last 3 months.
34. A hospital(s) in our area has been “hit” by union organizing in the last 6 months.
35. Our CEO and his/her direct reports, including Nursing Administration are visible and accessible to staff employees.
36. Nurses at our hospital can bring problems to administration’s attention.
37. We have an unacceptably high job turnover in nursing.
38. Nurses are represented in the decision making process via Employee Advisory Committees.
39. Nurses conduct performance appraisals of lesser-skilled employees.
40. On the whole, physicians see the nurses as “partners” in providing patient care.
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