Local 5106 Summary of Contract Survey Results

We had 148 surveys returned.  A breakdown of the results are below.

93 Nurses:

• ER–29
• CRC–4
• PM4 — 6
• PM5–10
• PM6–10
• C4–6
• C5–7
• C6–15
• Endo–2
• Chemo –4

37 Techs:

• Radiology –14
• Lab–5
• Heart Station–2
• Respiratory–4
• Crisis response Tech–13

18 Professionals:

• Social Workers–7
• Behavioral Health Therapists–11

Results

1.What are your most pressing safety concerns? Please list in order of importance.

•       Staffing   88%
•       Lack of effective security (intervention/safety searches/parking lots)  34%
•       Fear of injury/aggressive, abusive  patients 20%
•       Inability to provide good care/medications errors r/t short staffing  16%

2. Are you able to perform your job duties completely and effectively? If so why or why not?

• Inadequate staffing:  nurses and ancillary staff.
• Too much nursing time being spent doing ancillary duties
• Technical units also at times impacted by high work volume and less staff
• Limited assist with transport to CT, patients not prepared
• Equipment problems
• Missing supplies

3. What are your top priorities for these negotiations?

• Improved staffing/staffing ratios   88%
• Salary increase/improved differentials  82 %
• Improved security 34%

Additional Issues

Clinical

• Inadequate prns to manage patient safely (5)
• Medications not  readily available in emergency
• Exposure to infectious disease (2)
• Medically compromised patients on the behavioral units
• ASAM criteria (1)

Benefits

• Increased charge pay
• Increased shift diff
• WE diff for techs  (3)
• Differential for techs doing two modalities in a shift (2)
• Extra pay when short staffed
• Paid Maternity Leave (3)
• Increase in tuition reimbursement (2) tuition for dependents (1)
• Tuitions reimbursement for advance practice
• Payout percentage of unused sick time on retirement
• Retirement benefits/medical
• Perfect attendance bonus
• More vacation time
• Cancelled shifts (2)
• Maintain present benefits without increase in co-pays
• 12hr of holiday time for PT staff working 12hr. on the holiday
• Benefits for pool employee
• More weekend time off

Miscellaneous

• Input from  staff prior to making changes
• Religious accommodations
• Payroll error corrected in next pay
• Equitable assignment of holiday time
• Job security

Comments

• Staffing is identified as top priority on all nursing units except endo and chem..
• Staffing is identified as an issue in all tech units except heart station and respiratory.
• Professionals identify staffing on their units, specifically insufficient mental health workers as an issue.
• Security is identified as a top priority for ER and CRC staff.  It is also identified as an issue on some, but not all inpatient units r/t violent, assaultive patients who are not properly medicated.