Charge nurse pay

[Blandini7]

How much do you get for charge pay at the hospital in which you are employed?

[RunBabyRN]

Our unit (and I'm sure hospital) does a 5% differential, and you may or may not have patients, depending on the census.

[Dazglue, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN]

Nothing. Along with a full patient load as well. The only things I get extra are a headache and stress due to having to be the charge nurse whether I want to or not.

[Blandini7]

I think that this is an issue that nurses should consider changing. What other profession would permit this?

[aortas]

Extra headache, no extra money, more responsibility, and a unit to myself (or two) if short! :)

[aortas]

And I am a LPN and often am the charge over longer employed LPNs, and RNs. Just sayin. Is anyone else in this boat?

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

And I am a LPN and often am the charge over longer employed LPNs, and RNs. Just sayin. Is anyone else in this boat?

Do you work at a LTCF?

[aortas]

Yeap. Long term care and subacute rehab

[emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

Buck an hour extra and all the medical questions.....

[michigansapphire]

Nothing extra, though they do try to keep me out of assignment.

[mouseynurse]

$4 more an hour, plus half an assignment. Typically I would have 1-2 patients, usually the easy ones. Plus I was responsible for rounding with physicians, handling the pages out, 4-5 quality control checklists, and admission paperwork and wound documentation (unless the wound care nurse was still there)

Personally I took the position because I wanted to beef up my resume, if it was just for the money I would have told them to shove it! :)

[worf]

Big fat zero!

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

My current workplace pays an additional $2 per hour to floor nurses who act as charge nurse.

As a house supervisor, I am now salaried and receive a straight 40 hours of pay per week.