Standing up for our patients, our colleagues, and our comminuty
What is it?
It is a documentation tool that can help protect your nursing license. You can fill it out individually or by all affected as a means of documenting an unsafe or potentially unsafe, patient care assignment.
Why should I fill it out?
You have a legal and professional obligation to notify your employer so that injury or harm to a patient can be averted. This is a legal document that can help protect you in case of an adverse event to either patient or staff.
Can I be disciplined for filling one out?
This is an activity protected by law and it is illegal for supervisors or managers to discourage, harass, discipline, or retaliate against you for this. Notify your Union Rep or Shop Steward immediately if this is happening.
Assignment Despite Objection (ADO)
We know there has been discussion in some departments about the distribution and use of EADOs for the reporting of missed breaks and other unsafe patient assignments.
This is the response from the union’s chief negotiator on this topic.
“...attempt to confiscate ADO forms from shop stewards is an illegal interference in union activity and an unfair labor practice. Union stewards have a right to document the chronic unsafe conditions you have created. The Union retains the right to file charges with the California Public Employee Relations Board. If you continue to interfere in our members' legally protected right to engage in concerted activity, we will respond accordingly.”
Be assured, documentation of unsafe circumstances is your right and can serve as your protection later on. In the wake of recent criminal charges lobbied against nurses the careful documentation of your daily working conditions could not be more important.
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