do you get paid more for certifications?

For certificate-level courses, no. For anything from an educational institution (specialty certifications, etc) yes.

My employer reimburses us for certificate-level course fees (ACLS, etc).

Regardless of what the institution requires I get what they require and sometimes more, just to cover my butt.

Agree with above. The hospital pays for us to take ACLS, TNCC, ENPC, etc., but we don't get paid any more per hour for taking them.

We do get an extra $500 per year for passing the CEN exam.

I get $2278/year for CCRN plus I got a one time $500 bonus at the time I was certified.

We get no pay for things like ACLS, ATCN, ENPC but they are free and we can attend them on paid time.

FWIW I get no extra pay at all for BSN.

Get an annual bonus for certifications, by the way also get extra salary for BSN.

We get $1.00/hr for specialty certifications, like CCRN for ICU, CEN for ER, etc.

We don't get an extra money, but the company does pay our fees for the study materials and testing.

Hospital pays for all mandatory cert level courses (acls, bls, pals) but no extra pay. Hospital pays for cert exam (cen, ccrn, etc) and we get $2/hr cert pay. Hospital paid for my enpc class (we see a lot of kids) but won't pay for tncc as we're not a trauma center (like they don't show up anyway).

And all class time is on the clock.

Hospital pays for all mandatory cert level courses (acls, bls, pals) but no extra pay. Hospital pays for cert exam (cen, ccrn, etc) and we get $2/hr cert pay. Hospital paid for my enpc class (we see a lot of kids) but won't pay for tncc as we're not a trauma center (like they don't show up anyway).

And all class time is on the clock.

*** $2/hour for certification! Wow, good for you.

Great question, Yes hospitals should pay for those courses and increase a nurses hourly pay... I currently work for a hospital system that pays for the course but does not offer any extra pay for obtaining them. There is no incentive with that type of system. But I start working for an organization in July that does offer $1.00/hr for certifications. :)

Not directly, but it counts a lot towards your clinical ladder, which allows you to get an annual percentage increase in pay.

We have different levels of cert. pay. Based on the requirements to obtain/maintain certification. I am Med-Surg certified, and receive a $500 bonus each quarter.