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"With CNA/NNU, you will lose your flexibility
in scheduling."
"We are still able to self-schedule on my unit. We
can also trade shifts with one another. We are even
able to trade on-call time. We can sign up for
on-call days. If something comes up where we
need a day off, we can just trade the day with
someone else. We enjoy the same flexibility with
our contract as we did before we had one."
Richard Sandness, RN
Mercy Folsom, OR/PACU/ASU
— Folsom, CA
"Flexibility is especially important to RNs because
so many nurses have family responsibilities. If
an RN calls in on the day of their shift because
of a family emergency, the supervisor or anoth-
er nurse will fill in for them until the regularly
scheduled nurses can arrive. Flexibility still
works on our unit, and supervisors continue to
make special arrangements when necessary."
Liz Wade, RN
L&D, St. John's Medical Center
— Santa Monica, CA
CNA/NNU RNs can self-schedule, have a master schedule, or devise
a new system. The difference is that with a collective bargaining
agreement, it is the nurses in each department who determine what
they want.
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