Nurses' Rights Flashcards

1
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What three charters are nurses entitled to regardless of regulations and rules?*

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  1. Respect from colleagues and patients
  2. Freedom from discrimination, harassment, and physical or sexual abuse
  3. Function in a work environment where risk of harm is minimized
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What is right to conscientious objection?*

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Decline to participate in certain actions on moral or religious grounds

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How can duty to provide care overpower a nurse’s own values?*

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If the situation is emergent, nurses are required to help the client until alternative care is available, even if it is in conflict with own values

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What is the right to be free from discrimination in employment?*

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Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sexual and gender orientation, religion, age, physical or mental disability, nationality, or ethnic origin

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What 4 harmful risks are nurses exposed to?*

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  1. Exposure to harmful agents and infectious diseases
  2. Increased stress
  3. Disrespectful and non-supportive coworkers
  4. Risk of physical harm from patients
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What is the right to a healthy work environment?*

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Nurses have a right to a practice setting that maximizes the health and well-being of nurses, quality patient/client outcomes, organizational performance and societal outcomes

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Workers have the right to refuse to work in unsafe circumstances, unless these two factors*

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  1. Risk is inherent in the work
  2. Refusal would endanger the life, health, or safety of others
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What factors can lead to a healthy workplace?*

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Ensure appropriate staffing ratios, promote effective recruitment and retention, reward efforts/achievement, minimize moral distress

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What often goes unrecognized or unacknowledged in workplaces?*

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Workplace violence

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Define a union*

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A provincially certified group of employees with a common employer or industry

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What are certification and decertification in regard to unions?*

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Certification - a process that must be completed before the union can represent its members

Decertification - occurs when a union is dissolved or loses the right to negotiate on behalf of its members

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What is a collective agreement? How long must it be effective for?*

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It is the contract that emerges from the collective bargaining process

Must be in writing and effective for at least one year

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Can a strike or lockout occur when a collective agreement is in place?*

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No job action can take place

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What is the three step process of a grievance procedure?*

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  1. A written submission
  2. A meeting with the grievance committee
  3. Binding arbitration
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What is a grievance?*

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A violation of one or more provisions in the collective agreement

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What is meant by obey now - grieve later?*

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If you feel the expectations of the employer are inappropriate, try to have a conversation and if a compromise cannot be found, you must obey

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What are the exceptions of obey now - grieve later?*

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The work is illegal, outside of your scope, endangers you or others, or there would not be adequate redress through the grievance procedure

18
Q

When is a nurse allowed to refuse work rather than conscientious objection?*

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The nurse can only refuse work when it is physically unsafe and there is impending and/or immediate danger

19
Q

When would a nurse not follow physicians orders?*

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They believe an order is in error, violates agency policy, or is harmful to patients