You'rethe new CEO of a large teaching hospital.Your nurses are organized an affiliated with a militant union.Asbackgroundyou havebeen told the last negotiations was three years ago an involved at two-week strike by thenurses.Since thattimeyour nursing management has been afraid to deal with management issue that involvedisciplinary actions that involve the union.

1. What is your strategy to repair the mistrust?

2. What do you plan to do to get nursing management back to performing their management functions?

3. What steps would you take to get ready for union negotiations that will be coming up?Who should be involvedand who should be communications only?

4. Who should be your close advisors?

5. Will you have a negotiations team, if so, who will be on it and what will their individual roles be?