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I work at a magnet hospital. They encouraged certification. They paid for my certification exam. (I took it in my area.) I always try to look for one that does encourage advanced education. My 2nd work place does not pay for certification, but reimburses for MY NURSING LICENSE FEE! Hmmm. Interesting.
nope
but we get a whole 50 cents an hour for RN, C.
i have
not certified yet.....don't have the moolah for the test and ceu's.
also, am told all education monies are expended for the year. for people to go to florida and other las vegas for conventions......
a lot of money going to a precious few.
so i guess i will wait a bit longer....
it's just not worth it to me right now.
Tiki_Torch
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obtaining certification in your specialty?
my previous hospital reimbursed us for the test and travel expenses if we passed our exam.
we did not receive extra pay for being certified but it did count toward clinical laddering.
my new hospital doesn't seem to promote certification because they don't reimburse or pay for the exam, and also don't put "rnc" or other credentials on our name tags unless we are an advanced practice nurse (practitioner, crna, midwife).
just wondering if your hospital encourages nurses to stretch and grow through national certification and if so, how do they show it...
thanks in advance for any comments! tomorrow i will be filling out an "employee satisfaction survey" and would love to include information about encouraging them to support certification... your input will help me learn about how other hospitals deal with this subject.