Collective bargaining has a long history in nursing. Which of the following milestones in the history of collective bargaining resulted from the 1974 amendment of the Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)?
A) Nurses were granted the right to form unions and engage in collective bargaining.
B) The maximum length of a work week and the minimum nursing wage were established.
C) Nursing was formally recognized as a professional occupation.
D) Nonprofit hospitals were obliged to bargain with nurses around wages and working
conditions.
Question 2
There is general agreement on a postsurgical unit that the admission assessment template that is used is lengthy, unwieldy, and includes many parameters that are not relevant to the care of the patient population on the unit.
Which of following aspects of amending the assessment
template best exemplifies the concept of shared governance?
A) Managers and nurses cooperatively make a change and share accountability for the
outcomes.
B) The unit manager consults with nurses and members of other disciplines prior to changing
the document.
C) The decision-making process reflects the chain of command that exists at the hospital.
D) Nurses collectively present the change in practice to the manager, who is then accountable
for the outcomes of the change.
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