Rationale:
Some of the employees who oppose the idea of rotating Action Team assignments among all willing ICU nurses, claim that the Action Team assignments should not be rotated because our current Action Team members have a “special” working relationship with doctors that other nurses don’t have. The Union decided to ask all ICU nurses to provide their professional opinion to determine if it is fair to deprive other ICU nurses of opportunity to learn and to periodically perform in a role of Action Team RN based on such claim. Therefore, the Union has added the following question to the Survey:
Some employees claim that other ICU nurses should not be provided with an opportunity to learn the Action Team workflow and to periodically perform in a role of Action Team RN because only our current Action Team RNs have a “special” working relationship with doctors that other nurses don’t have.
In your professional opinion, if that claim is true, is it fair to deprive other ICU nurses of the opportunity to learn and to periodically perform in a role of Action Team RN based on such claim ?
| Choices | Response % | Response Count |
| Yes, it is fair to deprive other ICU nurses of the opportunity to learn and to perform in a role of Action Team RN based on the claim that only our current Action Team nurses have a “special” working relationship with doctors. | 1.8 % | 2 |
| No, it is not fair to deprive other ICU nurses of the opportunity to learn and to perform in a role of Action Team RN regardless of whether the above-mentioned claim is true. | 85.59 % | 95 |
| Other (Please specify) | 12.61 % | 14 |
| Please provide a rationale or comment for your answer (if any) | N/A | 20 |
Click here to see all Comments and “Other” answers left in response to this Survey Question # 18
Statistical Analysis: The survey results clearly demonstrate that 81.42% – 89.76% of our ICU nurses believe that it is not fair to deprive other nurses of Action Team opportunities based on the assertion that our current Action Team members have “special relationships” with physicians. These findings were calculated by using scientific formula at a highest possible 99% confidence level, with a margin of error of 4.17% and a p-score of 0.8559. The highest possible confidence level and narrow margin of error reinforce the reliability of these results.
Conclusion: The “special relationships” argument has been overwhelmingly rejected by majority of our ICU nurses. Furthermore, the existence of such relationships between some nurses and physicians raises concerns about potential favoritism and its implications. For instance, such relationships may embolden nurses to operate beyond their professional scope – an act that is both unlawful and unethical, posing serious risks to patient safety and institutional integrity.
