Along the lines of a previous thread, I am interested in whether your institution has additional pay or differentials for critical care nurses, ICU nurses, BSN, certifications (particularly CCRN), etc.
It has always bothered me that some places have the same pay scale for all nurses, regardless of level of training and education. I whole-heartedly agree that there are excellent nurses in all areas of the field and that each area is specialized in its own way. However, it is the ICU nurse that is called upon to take the patients that are too sick for the floor, to respond to codes, to respond to MRT calls, etc. It also seems that often ICU nurses are required to float to any other unit in the hospital while floor nurses are not able to reciprocate that and float to an ICU setting.
I am in the process of gathering information on the compensation for ICU nurses to present to management and would appreciate any help you can give.
