Pay for classes?

Nurses General Nursing

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Just a quick question. When you renew your BLS, ACLS and PALS does your hospital

1) Pay for the course?

2) Pay you your normal salary for the time in class?

Just want to know,

Thanks,

P

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

My workplace pays for BLS and ACLS. They also pay me for the time that I spent in the class.

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Every facility is different, but many pay for or provide classes, and also many pay for the time.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

My facility pays for BLS as well as the time in class. They will pay for the ACLS course, but that is taken outside of work time.

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Specializes in Med Surg.

Yes and yes.

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Specializes in pediatrics, public health.

Yes and yes for both my current and my previous employer.

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Specializes in FNP.

They would pay both of those if it was required for your work area, neither if it was not. They were really cheap there at the end; they cut out all education funding during my last 2 years practicing as a RN!

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No, ACLS and PALS not required for my employment. They send us to a BLS class but we have to pay for it!

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I have never worked for any facility that did not pay for the course, and my hours attending it......One time I missed the class (BLS recert) and had to pay for that- but that made sense :)

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Specializes in SNF, 2 year s hospital.

My hospital pays for BLS and time, ACLS I have to pay for but they pay for my time

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

Guys,

If a certification is required for your job, your employer must not only pay for the cost of the class (up front or reimbursement) but also for the time you spend taking it. If attending the class puts you into overtime, they have to pay that also. These are Federal FLSA requirements, not specific to any state.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

if you want to take it but it is not required for your job. you pay for it. if it's required for you to keep your position it is federal law, under fsla, that they pay for job related training outside normal working hours. everytime i post this i end up getting flamed

the flsa requires that an employer compensate an employee for all hours worked. section 3 of the flsa defines "employ" as including "to suffer or permit to work." 29 u.s.c. 203(g); see also 29 c.f.r. 785.11. this rule applies to work performed away from the premises or the job site, including work performed at home. "if the employer knows or has reason to believe that the work is being performed, he must count the time as hours worked." 29 c.f.r. 785.12.

i hope this helps.

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