Charge Nurse Pay

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Specializes in M/S/Tele, Home Health, Gen ICU.

We are looking at campaigning for a charge nurse differential and were wondering if anyone out there gets paid extra for being in charge and if so how much?

Thanks for your help

Celia

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Specializes in ICU.

We rotate the duty, and get a whopping $1.00 an hour diff. We also have to take our normal patient load.

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Specializes in everywhere.

When I was still working in the hospital, I was one of the full-time day charge nurses. I refused to take patients and charge (it was a busy pedi floor). We got a whopping $1 per hour for charging. Like I asked my boss, was I supposed to be impressed? I would much rather work on the floor than charge anyday.

TPTB was talking about having "designated" charge nurses with a "substantial" pay raise, I waited about 6 months, the raise never came and I accepted a M-F, no weekends, no on call, no holiday position.

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Specializes in ER, Outpatient PACU and School Nursing.

nope- not in the ER I work in and it wont be something I would ever do either. :uhoh3:

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Specializes in Critical Care, Pediatrics, Geriatrics.

Charge rotates. $1 diff/hr. Usually, the charge nurse takes no pts unless we are extremely understaffed.

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma.

$1.50/hour diff and don't take any pts- this is in ER.

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Specializes in ER/PICU.

Buck an hour here in the ER. No patient load except during crunch times. Should be a LOT MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Specializes in Tele, ICU, CCU, teaching.

We get $2.50 more per hour. This is in ICU where the charge nurse must respond to all rapid responses and code blues in house plus we have a 28 bed unit. They do not take an assignment except in a rare occasion that we are really understaffed. We also get he $2.50 more per hour when we precept :)

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2.00/hr in our facility.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

75 cents.

The charge nurses who have the position full-time get more. I recently took a charge nurse position and am getting a 5% raise, and another 5% when I finish my BSN.

In the end, it's not that much.

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Specializes in Palliative Care, NICU/NNP.

Designated lead gets a 6% differential for all hours worked whether lead or not, vacation hours, sick time. If you're a relief lead it's 6% differential for the hours worked.

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Specializes in Psych, Med/Surg, Home Health, Oncology.

We get a whole $1.00/hr for Charge pay; we have to take a regular assignment besides.

Mary Ann

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