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NURSING LEADERSHIP COUNCIL BYLAWS
Article I
Name
The name of this council shall be the Nursing Leadership Council.
Article II
Functions
- Approve professional scope of practice
- Approve and ensure consistent nursing standards where professional
nursing practice is performed.
- Direct and implement nursing practice improvement.
- Recommend appropriate nursing compensation and benefits.
- Identify nursing recruitment/retention needs and make
recommendations for actions that will ensure adequate numbers of
competent professional staff to care for patients and families.
Article III
Composition, Membership, and Duties
Section 1 COMPOSITION:
- Inpatient, Outpatient, Surgical Services and Emergency
Department Nursing Directors
- CSMs and Nurse Managers representation from across all areas
where nursing is practiced at UAMS Medical Center
- Associate Director for Patient Care Services
- 1 Clerical Staff (non-voting)
- 1 Staff Support - Business Manager (non-voting)
Section 2 MEMBERSHIP SELECTION:
- Members will be stipulated by position or appointed to
represent a clinical constituency as desired by department
head.
- Support and clerical staff will be designated by the CNO.
Section 3 LENGTH OF MEMBERSHIP:
Members will maintain a permanent appointment for the
duration of their employment within that position.
Section 4 CHAIRPERSON:
chairperson will be rotational among senior nursing leaders
and appointed by Nursing Executive Council.
Section 5 ACCOUNTABILITY OF CHAIRPERSON:
Chairperson is accountable to Nursing Executive Council and
the CNO.
Section 6 QUALIFICATIONS OF CHAIRPERSON
Senior nursing leader with membership on Nursing Leadership
Council
Section 7 RESPONSIBILITY OF CHAIRPERSON
The Chairperson directly, r as coordinated through Nursing Leadership
Council members, ensures:
- Continuous and timely availability of nursing care to patients
- Nursing standards of patient care and nursing practice are
consistent with current research findings and nationally recognized
professional standards
- Implementation of current research based policies and procedures
governing provision of nursing care
- Continuous improvement of nursing practice and performance
- Nursing assumes an active leadership role in:
- Hospital leadership functions
- Defining and providing patient care and services
- Providing sufficient numbers of qualified nursing staff to provide
care to patients.
- Development, presentation and management of nursing service's
portion of the hospital's budget
Section 8 DUTIES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
- Attend meetings and participate in council activities as a
constituent representative.
- Chair or co-chair councils or subcommittees as requested.
- Membership on medical staff, and hospitall committees as a
representative of professional nursing.
- Communicate council actions and decisions to appropriate
constituencies.
- Maintain council minutes and material in a manual
available to their constituency.
- Gather necessary date from constituencies to facilitate
the work of PNO.
Section 8 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CLERICAL STAFF ARE:
Assist the chairperson in notification of members regarding
meetings.
Record minutes of each council meeting.
Ensure that minutes are typed and distributed to members.
Assist the Chairperson in compiling council reports.
Maintains attendance records for all council meetings.
Document the presence of a quorum at all council meetings.
Ensure that nursing standards are typed and distributed to
appropriate areas.
Section 10 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BUSINESS MANAGER ARE:
Provide data and interpretive information on issues concerning
budget and financial management.
Assist chairperson in presentation of financial reports.
Provide information and serve as a liaison to the Patient Care
Services Business Office.
Section 11 VACANCIES:
Chairperson, in collaboration with Executive Council Members and
appropriate administrative staff, will be responsible for filling
vacancies.
Article IV
Meetings
Section 1 MEETINGS:
- Meetings of the Nursing Leadership Council will be held
monthly or more frequently at the discretion of the
chairperson.
- Meeting time will be set by Chairperson
- Meetings may be canceled by the Chairperson any time there
is no business requiring immediate action.
Section 2 QUORUM:
- A quorum at any meeting shall consist of two-thirds of the
members of the Nursing Leadership Council.
- If a quorum is not present, the Chairperson will call the
meeting to order and proceed as directed in Robert’s
Rules, Chapter XI, "Quorum; Order of Business and
Related Concepts."
Article V
Committees
Section 1 AD-HOC COMMITTEES:
- Ad-hoc committees may be appointed from among the membership
of the Professional Staff Organization as necessary to conduct
Nursing Leadership Council business. Such committees will
function until their purpose has been achieved. Following
their final report; they shall be dissolved.
- The following shall be specified for each committee at the
time of appointment:
- Purpose
- Charge
- Objectives
- Term
- Number of members
- Chairperson
- Ad-hoc committees shall have authority to call and conduct
such meetings as necessary to obtain information and to
formulate committee recommendations to the Executive Council.
- A quorum shall consist of a majority (over 50%) of the
committee members.
- At the completion of their charge, the ad-hoc committee will
submit a written report of actions and recommendations to
Nursing Leadership Council.
ARTICLE VI
PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern meetings of
this council in all parliamentary situations which are not provided for
in the rules of this council.
ARTICLE VII
BYLAWS AMENDMENT
Section 1 BIENNIAL REVIEW:
The PSO Constitution and the Nursng Leadership Council bylaws shall
be reviewed biennially.
Section 2 BYLAW AMENDMENTS:
- Bylaws of the Nursing Leadership Council may be amended by a
two-thirds vote of the council.
- No vote shall be taken on a proposed amendment until it has
been considered at two consecutive meetings of the Executive
Council.
ARTICLE VIII
SPECIAL RULES
The Nursing Leadership Council shall be governed by Robert’s
Standing Rules of Order and shall adopt any special rules as may be
necessary to implement more specifically the general principles of these
bylaws. These rules shall relate to the proper conduct of Executive
Council activities.
Rules shall be an appendage to these bylaws; Rules may be amended or
repealed at any meeting of the Executive Council when a quorum is
present, by a two-thirds vote of those members present and eligible to
vote.
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