Administering the contract.
Administering the collective bargaining contract is a challenging and important nursing administration responsibility. This article discusses the attitudes, skills, and strategies that the nursing administrator who manages a unionized professional staff can use to minimize employee grievances and foster a professional practice climate. Directors of nursing in nonunionized settings also can use these guidelines to maintain the union-free status of their departments.
D003098:Collective Bargaining / Q000379:methods*; D004648:Employee Grievances; D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital