ICU differential pay

[icyounurse]

Hey I asked this question on another thread but didn't receive any specific answers.

I am an ICU nurse with almost 5 years experience and have worked at total of 6 hospitals in various areas of the country. I have never worked somewhere where you get a special differential for working in an ICU area. I am wondering how common this is.

If any of you receive extra pay for ICU what area of the country are you in??And most importantly how much are we talking about, like 50 cents an hour or like 2 $ an hour.

Appreciate all replies. Thanks!!

[RedSox33RN]

There were certain specialty units in my last hospital that got "specialty" pay. I worked ED, and got an extra $1.10 per hour.

[racing-mom4, BSN, RN]

The "I'm better than you because I work the ICU" mentality is pretty useless, IMHO.

Point is, as hopefully now you see, the grass is always greener on the other side!

To the OP: our ICU doesn't get any monetary differential, just privileges the rest of us don't seem to get.

Yikes I should have posted we get called out to "other floors" not just MS for IV starts etc etc. We go to extended care /peds and Mental Health units too... Since MS is the biggest floor we do go there the most.

No the grass is not always greener, the other units seem to have more help than we get, we dont even get a ward clerk...that being said though, I still love my unit and couldnt imagine being anywhere else---I have said before and will say it again, I couldnt be a Med Surg nurse, because I couldnt handle an 8 patient med pass, I couldnt get 8 sets of vitals and chart on 8 patients. In my ICU we may have to do alot/total complete pt care but it is only for 3-4pts max.

[texas2007, BSN, RN]

We get nada

[icyounurse, BSN, RN]

I am glad I am not the only one getting nada:)