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i"! Ill lllj ntCKcom 6uko uniucRsity mc6icM ccnteR. VOLUME 17, NUMBER 9 AUGUST, 1970 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA On Psychiatry, Surgery Two Unit Administrators Join Staff Two North Carolina natives have joined the Hospital staff as unit administrators. James Wall, who formerly worked for the Duke security office, is the first unit administrator for Duke's psychiatric New Sick Leave Plan Established Through cooperative efforts between the Employes' Council and the Duke Personnel Policy Committee, the University has established a comprehensive new policy on sick leave for employes. Sick leave for- all permanent full-time employes will accrue at the rate of ten days a year and may be accumulated up to 50 days. This means that in case of illnesses, Duke employes may have up to ten weeks off with pay, depending upon the amount of sick leave they have accumulated over the years. Full-time employes accrue sick leave at the rate of 3.1 hours for every bi-weekly pay period. Part-time employes accrue it on a pro-rata basis for the hours they work. Sick leave may not be taken during the first 90 days of employment. The new policy defines sick leave as "absence due to illness or to injury of an employe except those illnesses or injuries covered by the North Carolina Workmen's Compensation Act." Also not covered are illnesses or injuries (continued on page five} wards—Meyer, Third East, and Third West. A former captain in the Army Medical Service Corps, Bobby E. Rogers, has taken over unit administration for the special medical s e r v i c es — C a b e 11, Cardiology, and Rankin wards and the Cardiac Care Unit. He replaces Russ Gullixson. The unit administration system at Duke is aimed at decentralizing responsibility for the work that goes to support a patient's medical and nursing care. That means that by the time the program is fully operational, the unit administrators will supervise housekeeping personnel, ward clerks, patient transport, and messengers. The unit concept frees the head nurse, who has traditionally had to carry the burden of ward administration, to spend her time supervising direct nursing care of the patient. A native of Wadesboro, Mr. Wall had been with security at Duke for the past three years. He received his degree in sociology from North Carolina Central University this spring. He is married to the former Lana Brame and they are the parents of two sons. Mr. Rogers recently completed eight years with the medical service corps, spending six of those years as a hospital registrar. A native of Graham, he is a graduate of North Carolina A. and T. University in Greensboro. Mr. Rogers is married to the former Joyce Patrick, a nurse, and they have one son. MR. JAMES WALL MR. BOBBY E. ROGERS
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