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Ross-Kerr and Wood’s Canadian Nursing Issues & Perspectives: CDN NURSING ISSUES & PERSPECTIVES 6th Edition
Chapter 19 : Nursing Unions as a Social Force in Canada: Advocating for Nurses, Patients, and Health Care Questions
Question 1 of 5
Why did the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) indicate, in 1973, that the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association (SRNA) should not be permitted to act as a trade union?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: In 1973, the SEIU indicated that the SRNA should not be permitted to act as a trade union because its board of directors included nursing managers.
Question 2 of 5
During which decade did the Canadian Nurses Association approve the principle of collective bargaining for nurses?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The Canadian Nurses Association approved the principle of collective bargaining for nurses starting in the 1940s.
Question 3 of 5
Which stipulation was included as part of the Canadian Nurses Association endorsement of collective bargaining in the 1940s but subsequently repealed decades later?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: As part of the endorsement of collective bargaining, the Canadian Nurses Association also endorsed a no-strike policy.
Question 4 of 5
Which province had the first professional association certified as a bargaining agent?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia was the first association to be certified as a bargaining unit.
Question 5 of 5
Why did the 'Personnel policies' approach to modifying working conditions for nurses not work as it was intended?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The personnel policies approach did not work as intended because these policies were not binding and often were not implemented, leading to disillusionment with the process and its results.