charge pay

I've worked a hospital where charge has no differential. But charge there also has usually none, sometimes 1 patient if not ICU or IMC level. Area: mid-Atlantic

New England. 20 bed CCU 1:4, 12 hr shifts. Charge makes $2.00/hr more. Day charge generally has no pt assignment, Night charge takes an assignment after midnight (we work 6-630),

However, we've started staffing per the Brady plan, so there are times Charge takes an assgnment as well as being charge.

I work in Ontario Canada.

Charge nurse gets an extra $1.50/hr.

Mon - Fri day charge nurse 0730 - 1530 - no assingment.

Evenings/Nights and weekends day shifts charge plus an assingment.

Its not a big deal on Nights. Evenings can vary.

Charge plus an assingment on weekends can be very difficult, depending on who you work with!

We are a 31 bed "rehab" (I say that in quotes because lately we are not getting rehab pts) in a Community Hospital

On the unit I work no extra pay for charge nurse. Full patient load. I work sub-acute rehab.

i would like to know:

$2.00 per hour.

if you want to add in:

For a charge nurse position (3 per unit) $1.25 more per hour, otherwise if you are in charge no extra pay.

No assignment usually unless short staffed, in the ICU's on the floors they do have assignments usually.

i would like to know:

$1.17 per hour extra.

if you want to add in:

1. how much extra do charge nurses make at your facility?

nothing.

1. if they also have an assignment

they are not supposed to but the majority of the time, yes; at night, always. when i started working there, charge never had an assignment and got $2/hr differential. a couple years ago they eliminated the differential because "charge nurses don't take an assignment" so it's not that much work. guess what? charge now almost always has a full assignment in addition to being expected to round with 4 separate medical teams and run rounds for sw, pt/ot, case management, nutrition and manage all staffing needs.

2. what type of floor it is.

neuroscience in a pediatric institution

3. number of beds in the department/floor.

26

4. your geographical location

new england.

Charge is an extra $1.00 per hour. Senior staff is expected to share the duty. After about a year you're considered senior staff. Charge takes an assignment just like everyone else, usually two patients. I'm on a neuro ICU with 10 beds. Great Lakes region.

1. how much extra do charge nurses make at your facility?

permanent charges make more but not sure how much, a fill-in charge is 1.00/hr

1. if they also have an assignment.

generally not on either shift, but if short will have 1-3. if hospital is tight for beds, then the charge will go into ratio and take admissions.

2. what type of floor it is.

telemetry

3. number of beds in the department/floor.

total 70, with one floor at 34 and one at 36.(these are two seperate floors, covered by one charge)

4. your geographical location

southwest