Nurses in a hospital are working to establish a union. Which finding will these nurses be interested in seeing?
1. Thirty percent of eligible hospital nurses have signed a card indicating interest.
2. Seventy percent of hospital employees have said they are interested.
3. Fifty percent of staff nurses and management nurses must vote.
4. Thirty percent of all nurses working for the agency must vote.
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Rationale 1: Before an election can be held, the union must demonstrate interest by 30 percent of eligible hospital nurses signing an authorization card.
Rationale 2: Interest in establishing a union must be demonstrated by those who will be establishing the union—in this case, nurses.
Rationale 3: Management nurses are not considered eligible employees when interest in a union is measured.
Rationale 4: Eligible employees include staff nurses but not managers and supervisors.
Global Rationale:
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