You are employed in a hospital where nurses are unionized. Which of the following situations would you report to the NLRB? Select all that apply
a. A staff nurse gave a medication to the wrong patient.
b. A nurse is given a verbal warning because of consistent tardiness.
c. You were not paid overtime for the extra hours you worked last week.
d. A nurse was denied a promotion due to failure to provide quality care.
e. Nurses are being sexually harassed by many of the physicians.
f. Units are often understaffed and experiencing increased patient falls.
C, E, F
The issues that you should report to the NLRB include not being paid for overtime; sexual harassment;
and the units' being understaffed, resulting in increased patient falls. Salary issues and environmental
safety issues are under the purview of the union.
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