Difference between Registry and PRN?

[SpiceChick01]

Hi guys! Just wanted to get some clarification on this. I have noticed Registry and PRN sometimes lumped together when people talk about them. Are they the same, or different?

And if different, how so? Which one makes more(if this applies)? Thanks!

[oMerMero]

They are pretty much the same

[lvnandmomx3]

The hospital I worked at (before becoming a nurse) used registry (not employed by the hosp they are employed my a staff agency) to cover shifts when nurses would call out and they could not fill thier own staff. We also had per diem nurses (employed by the hospital) that were used as needed for call offs, days off for f/t nurses and weekend coverage. I think the pay is about the same for both.

[angel337, MSN, RN]

they are the same. you pretty much work according to your availability.

[mom2michael, MSN, RN, NP]

Our registry is guarenteed X amount of hours each pay period. PRN is not.

[OC_An Khe]

They are definetly not the same. When you are a PRN you are employed by a specific hospital, SNf , et. al. and work exclusively for that employer. And are subject to their personnel policies.

When you work registry, you are employed directly by the registry (not the facility you are working in) and they then send you to whatever facility requests an RN services.

The two positions can be similar in that you have control over when you want to work.

[suzanne4, RN]

And to clarify a little further:

There are some facilities that acually own nursing agencies or registries. With the registry, you do not have required shifts per month, or required weekends, or holidays. And you do have that with most PRN or per diem positions where you work for the facility directly.

You work completely at your own schedule with agency nursing, there are no set requirements in place.

Registry and PRN for a specific facility are definitely not the same. Neither one usually guarantees hours, you are working only when the facility has a need, and it matches up when you can work.

In-house float pool is usually a guaranteed hour position, but is not registry or per diem, you are assigned to be there a regular schedule, and the staffing office can place you where ever they have a need, and you have the benefits associated with being a regular employee.