Charge Nurse Pay

[Celia M]

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

[arp755]

We take a full patient load and get 2.00/hour to charge.

[AuntieBeba]

We get $2.00 for the entire 12 hour shift and we take a full patient load. I work night shift on a pediatric floor.

[jmgrn65, RN]

we get 5% no patient load from 7-3, from 3-7 a limited amount of patients and 7p-7a a full patient load.

[NurseyPoo, RN]

I heard it is only $.50 extra an hour.....Whoopie!

[queenjean]

Two dollars an hour extra, lighter patient load.

44 bed acute medical floor in a community hospital, average census in the low 30s.

I think a bigger question is, what are the duties of a charge nurse? If our charge nurses took no patients, they'd sit around and twiddle their thumbs all day....there isn't THAT much for them to do.

I work nocs; our charge nurse makes shift assignments, places admits, and is in general a resource person. No huge amounts of responsibility, relative to some charge nurse positions. I mean, it is still a leadership position, and still an important position. But it's not as acute or difficult as some charge nurse positions, I think.

[SteveNNP, MSN, NP]

We get $2.50/hr extra for charge, and the same for precepting. The night shift charge nurse doesn't have an assignment, and days won't be taking one starting in a few weeks. Charge is rotated among experienced nurses on days and nights, usually while training another nurse how to do it.

Stephen

[lovemyjobsometimes]

We get 1.00 an hour/diff with a full patient load. I can remember way back when my manager asked me if I wanted to "train" for charge. I told him "No." A week later, I look at the schedule and suddenly I was in "charge." I had never been trained and had no clue as to what my duties were. What an absolute joke.

[NurseWhiteRN]

Not sure area you are working, but my area of work we, the full time resource nurse is paid 10% off base pay. Unfortunately, the fill in charge nurses are paid $1.50.

[RNKPCE]

5% on the shifts you do charge

[I_LOVE_TRAUMA, RN]

$3 more per shift, & we take up to 4 patients, & we are a level 1 trauma center/ER-makes you wanna join right in huh?

[bklynbaby]

$2.50 an hour for and not worth all the stress that comes with it. The most annoying thing is when your manager says "You are getting paid for it" . Oh please.

[imaRN08]

we get $0.50/hr and plus take a full pt load (usually 6 pts) and are understaffed