Differential for Floating

[Pixienurse123]

All of the nurses on my unit feel like we are being used as the hospitals own staffing agency. At least 2 of us are pulled to other units almost every day-we are wanting to get together and ask for a "float diff". I would like to know if anybody receives this? If so, please let me know how much per hour and what type of hospital you are (size wise) and what area you are located in. It is not so much about pay with us, we just want some sort of acknowledgement for the way we are working!! Thanks in advance for your input.

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[EMT-2-RN]

We used to get around $3/hr but get nothing now with budget cuts. This is around a 1000 bed level 1 facility.

[mustlovepoodles, RN]

Good luck with that. I have never worked in a hospital which pays their nurses diff for floating, unless they were hired into a designated float pool; those nurses were floated to a different unit or even a different hospital within the system on a daily basis. They deserved a diff, for sure. But the rest of us, we were lucky to have a job.

In this economy employers hold ALL the cards. There is very little incentive for them to do something which does not improve their bottom line. Of course, you can always make your case and see what happens. And they can say no. And then you can decide if you just suck it up and keep floating every day or whether you cut line and run.

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

I think you would have a better chance of getting self-staffing than you would to get management to agree to a float diferential. My previous hospital had some of the floors doing a grassroot change where individual floors were trying self staffing. Staff loved it, they were actually able to staff the unit they were hired to staff.

[Emergency RN]

$50 float differential per shift. There is an in house float pool that does nothing but float; they get an additional $4000 bonus on their salary per year, which works out to be about $25 per shift. New York City, medium sized (600 beds) acute care setting; nurses unionized.

[rntofnp2014]

1500 bed teaching facility, no shift diff for staff nurses, float nurses make $4.00 hr more than staff at the lowest level, and are the first to be called off.....

[KW_TX]

Large county hospital in Dallas Tx dont pay for getting pulled but the float pool staff get payed lowest at $34 and change an hour but no benefits and first to get cancelled. Plus you have to have at least 2 years of experience in the areas your floating to.

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

no float diff. The other option is no pay at all.

[jmo2002]

im in an inhouse float pool with $5000/ annual increase. i believe its an 800 bed capacity acute care hospital in ny. with all the same benefits and galores a regular staff nurse on a permanent unit has.