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mrsjacobs44 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse works in a unionized hospital but has not joined the union. This nurse feels deserving of a raise for several exceptional acts during the past year. What action by the nurse would be best in this situation?

a. Ask the unit management for a raise, because the nurse is not a union member.
b. Consult with the union to determine whether individualized raises are possible.
c. Join the union before approaching management with a request for a raise.
d. Request a meeting with union and floor management to discuss the raise.

Question 2

When nursing registration laws were enacted, a registered nurse was defined as someone who had (Select all that apply.)

a. attended an acceptable nursing program.
b. fit the definition of a professional nurse.
c. had not been convicted of any felonies.
d. passed a board evaluation examination.
e. studied under a standardized curriculum.

jazzlynnnnn · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
The union agreements cover a certain classification of employees included in the agreement and include wages, hours, and working conditions. If the nurse is not classified as exempt from the agreement, the nurse should check to see whether there are any merit raises available under the union contract. The nurse must bargain with the union because she or he cannot bargain individually with the employer.
The union agreements cover a certain classification of employees, whether or not they are individual members of the union.
A union covers a certain classification of employees even if they are not members.
This might be a good second step but only after the nurse determines whether merit raises are possible under the union contract.

Answer to Question 2

A, D
One of the two criteria for being a registered nurse was having attended an acceptable nursing program.
The other criterion for being a registered nurse was having passed a board examination.
A weakness of the early registration laws was a lack of definition of professional nursing practice.
Background checks were not part of the early registry laws.
Universal education standards were still lacking in 1903 when the first registry law was passed in North Carolina.