[mattsmom81]

My "new' management team does not pay any extra for CCRN. Thus, most of our experienced nurses HAVE dropped the credential. Our feelings: we pay the extra $$ for cert/ceu's, receive no return compensation, only to be held to a higher legal standard of care.

Doesn't mean we're not 'ambitious' just that our ambitions have changed over time.

[my2sons]

A big fat nothing here for my BSN, CCRN, ACLS, ATLS, PALS. And I dance with the LVADs, CVVHDs, IABPs, too. Oh, and I am frequently in charge and precept. Ugh.

[nekhismom]

My facility pays extra $1000/yr for certifications. They state it is per certification, but I'm not sure.

[The Bear]

Originally Posted by Baby Catcher

Does your facillity pay extra if you have higher education or certification? Examples would be BSN, MSN, ACLS,NRP, ANCC certification etc. Our contract is up soon and we would like to get a differential for these things. If so how much does your hospital pay?
Thanks for any info

The U of R Medical Center in Rochester, NY pays 25 cents more per hour for certification, of course they determine whether the certification is appropriate for your job. In the last year or so, they will now let you carry two certifications and therefor pay you 50 cents an hour over your base pay. Again the have the final say whether is is appropriate or not. The hard part would be keeping up with the CEUs'.

[teeituptom]

Originally Posted by Baby Catcher

Does your facillity pay extra if you have higher education or certification? Examples would be BSN, MSN, ACLS,NRP, ANCC certification etc. Our contract is up soon and we would like to get a differential for these things. If so how much does your hospital pay?
Thanks for any info

Why should Bsn or Msn get higher pay. If they sre staff nursing they are doing nothing different from those with ADs

[JustMe]

Our hospital was one of the first in our area to have financial compensation for advanced degrees and/or certification. Staff Nurse I is new grad. Staff Nurse II is AD nurse with 6 months experience. Staff Nurse III is divided into 2: Staff Nurse IIIA and IIIB. "A" is BSN or equivalent health care degree. "B" is national certification, i.e. ANA certs or CCRN. Certain certs are required in specialty areas such as ACLS for the ICUs and MICN for the ER, but no compensation for those. If you have both BSN and national cert, then you are a Staff Nurse IV. Yes, I'm held to a higher standard, but I'm trained for it. I assist with education of our new staff, etc. It's very rewarding if that's what you like to do.

[teeituptom]

Originally Posted by CheriP.

Our hospital was one of the first in our area to have financial compensation for advanced degrees and/or certification. Staff Nurse I is new grad. Staff Nurse II is AD nurse with 6 months experience. Staff Nurse III is divided into 2: Staff Nurse IIIA and IIIB. "A" is BSN or equivalent health care degree. "B" is national certification, i.e. ANA certs or CCRN. Certain certs are required in specialty areas such as ACLS for the ICUs and MICN for the ER, but no compensation for those. If you have both BSN and national cert, then you are a Staff Nurse IV. Yes, I'm held to a higher standard, but I'm trained for it. I assist with education of our new staff, etc. It's very rewarding if that's what you like to do.

Lot of hosps have clinical ladders

[The Bear]

Originally Posted by teeituptom

Why should Bsn or Msn get higher pay. If they sre staff nursing they are doing nothing different from those with ADs

I am a staff nurse with a MS, but I am only paid at a BS level because a staff nurse position does not require a MS. I used it to teach at the university level for ten years, but with budget cuts, I got cut!
If the position does not require a MS, why should someone get paid a higher level for having one?

[Moho]

Originally Posted by Baby Catcher

Does your facillity pay extra if you have higher education or certification? Examples would be BSN, MSN, ACLS,NRP, ANCC certification etc. Our contract is up soon and we would like to get a differential for these things. If so how much does your hospital pay?
Thanks for any info

:hatparty: When I completed my BSN, I asked if I would recieve a increase in pay. I was told that my job did not require a BSN, therefor I was not intitled to one?????????
Moho
Good Luck

[teeituptom]

Welcome to the wonderfull world of nursing ya'll