[The Bear]

Originally Posted by Moho

: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

My institution paid for my BS and working fulltime and school parttime, it took me 6 1/2 yrs to complete it. I got only 12 cents more for my BS and when I got certification, I got 25 cents!!!

[purplemania]

our facility pays $1hr more for BSN. Certs are $0.35 hr more and must be on an HR approved list for your unit. However, most units have at least two and EVERYBODY is required to have ACLS or PALS or NALS (depending on area), so that is an automatic raise. A BSN with 2 certs gets an $3700 or more per year (2080 hrs FTE). We are non-union.

[The Bear]

Originally Posted by purplemania

our facility pays $1hr more for BSN. Certs are $0.35 hr more and must be on an HR approved list for your unit. However, most units have at least two and EVERYBODY is required to have ACLS or PALS or NALS (depending on area), so that is an automatic raise. A BSN with 2 certs gets an $3700 or more per year (2080 hrs FTE). We are non-union.

It sounds like that it is more than being warm in Texas, it sounds like you guys are compensated well for degrees and certification. So I stepped out this morning to 27 F degrees with a wind chill of 12 degrees hitting my face and now I hear that you guys in Texas have more than warmth, just another day at the hospital.

[mattsmom81]

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

Other than it makes the institution look good to have higher degreed/credentialed employees, so they perhaps SHOULD compensate, I also tend to agree we should be paid for the JOB we do, not the alphabet soup on our nametag.

With more certs, CEN, CCRN,etc, we may be incurring a higher liability, another thing to consider in whether we should be compensated, IMO.

[teeituptom]

Originally Posted by The Bear

It sounds like that it is more than being warm in Texas, it sounds like you guys are compensated well for degrees and certification. So I stepped out this morning to 27 F degrees with a wind chill of 12 degrees hitting my face and now I hear that you guys in Texas have more than warmth, just another day at the hospital.

Warmer weather
warmer people
golfing year round
better salsa

[teeituptom]

Originally Posted by mattsmom81

Other than it makes the institution look good to have higher degreed/credentialed employees, so they perhaps SHOULD compensate, I also tend to agree we should be paid for the JOB we do, not the alphabet soup on our nametag.

With more certs, CEN, CCRN,etc, we may be incurring a higher liability, another thing to consider in whether we should be compensated, IMO.

Just a simple old AD type person
just a simple old coutry boy

and I still hit 6 figures every year

maybe its because I am so darned cute

[sugarnurse]

I worked for 13 years in ER and relief in ICU. I am an LVN, we had a choice to get certified in ACLS, PALS, and Advanced Tramua, if we did so we were paid more, and could assist with more procedures. So, it was our choice, and some of the nurses decided not to do this, so they could not fuss if I was paid more, I worked for it.

[ellencrn]

at our hospital we are paid on years of service, not on degree status. if we chose to take the CEN CCRN, etc. they will re-imburse us for the fee of the test. we don't receive any extra for bls,acls,tncc,enpc or other certifications.
our contract does allow for $75 per nurse a year for continuing education.

[cinrn68]

In Quebec (Canada), we have two pay scales. One is for college graduate nurses and the other for Baccalaureate nurses. There are 12 levels on the college grad scale, and 18 levels on the Bacc scale.

Not only does our hospital pay for our BSN courses, we also get a pay increase (up 1 level of the college grad scale) after every 15 credits earned toward our degree, and when we complete our degree, we go up 2 more levels and switch over to the same level of the Bacc scale. For example, it has taken me 2.5 years to finish my bacc, and I have gone up almost $5.00/hour, and I'm not at the top pay scale yet (I still have 7 levels to go). It definitely makes it worth our while to earn our degrees, as the top salary difference is about $14,000.00/year.

[JWaldron]

At my hospital, we are reimbursed for the certification exam if we pass it, but not always for the certification. I have a Med/Surg certification from AMSN, but I am not reimbured for it, because I work on a RHB unit (even tho our patients are acutely ill, and are certainly M/S patients!). If I had a CRRN and work a M/S unit, I would not get paid for that certification. Our union contract stipulates that the hospital must pay us back for the passed exam, or I'm sue they would not. BTW, charge pay is $2 per hour. Don't know what the BSN/MSN diff. is. My Master's is in health care administration, and I am not reimbursed for that. We do not have weekend differentials either.

Savvy