Specialty Certification. A. The Hospital recognizes the value of nurses being certified in their area of nursing practice. As such, nurses who obtain and maintain a nationally recognized specialty certification will be reimbursed the cost of the:
1. National certification examination fee on a one-time basis.
2. National re-certification by continuing education credit renewal fee (this does not include the cost of required continuing education hours if re- certifying by continuing education credits); or
3. National re-certification by exam fee provided that the certification has not lapsed.
4. Proof (e.g., card or certificate) of specialty certification(s) for specialty certification premium shall be submitted to Human Resources.
B. The nurse qualifying for reimbursement will submit proof of certification or certification renewal with proof of the amount paid (e.g., copy of the check submitted, credit card billing statement (with the credit card number blacked out), money order receipt, etc.) for either the certification examination or renewal fee.
Specialty Certification. Nurses who attain a certification in an area of professional nursing shall receive a differential of $15.00 per week. This differential shall be pro-rated for part-time nurses. In addition to the above the Hospital will reimburse to a nurse, who, after the effective date of this Agreement, successfully obtains a certification in a mutually agreed-upon specialty, the costs of doing so, as well as the costs of recertifying her/him. Additionally, the Hospital will pay a once only bonus of $100.00 to such a nurse upon her/him obtaining a certification.
Specialty Certification. 6 A. The Hospital recognizes the value of nurses being certified in their area of 7 nursing practice. As such, nurses who obtain and maintain a nationally 8 recognized specialty certification will be reimbursed the cost of the:
10 1. National certification examination fee on a one-time basis.
12 2. National re-certification by continuing education credit renewal fee (this 13 does not include the cost of required continuing education hours if re- 14 certifying by continuing education credits); or
16 3. National re-certification by exam fee provided that the certification has not 17 lapsed.
19 4. Proof (e.g., card or certificate) of specialty certification(s) for specialty 20 certification premium shall be submitted to Human Resources.
22 B. The nurse qualifying for reimbursement will submit proof of certification or 23 certification renewal with proof of the amount paid (e.g., copy of the check 24 submitted, credit card billing statement (with the credit card number blacked out), 25 money order receipt, etc.) for either the certification examination or renewal fee. 27 Section 10. Instruction Time and Pay
29 A. Nurses shall receive their normal pay rate, including differentials, for instruction 30 time, including reasonable preparation time. Preparation time is coordinated with 31 and approved by the department director.
1 1. When instruction time conflicts with regularly scheduled hours (for 2 example, when a night shift nurse is requested to teach a class of four 3 hours or greater), the nurse will be paid for regularly scheduled hours 4 even if instruction and reasonable preparation time (which will be decided 5 in advance) are less.
6 2. The nurse shall be available to perform normal scheduled work not in 7 conflict with instruction time unless excused by the manager or House
10 3. Instruction time and reasonable preparation time shall be considered 11 working time for overtime purposes.
Specialty Certification. 2 A. The Hospital recognizes the value of nurses being certified in their area of 3 nursing practice. As such, nurses who obtain and maintain a nationally 4 recognized specialty certification listed in Appendix C will be reimbursed the cost 5 of the National certification examination fee on a one-time basis.the following
7 1. National re-certification by continuing education credit renewal fee (this 8 does not include the cost of required continuing education hours if re- 9 certifying by continuing education credits); or
11 2. National re-certification by exam fee provided that the certification has 12 not lapsed.
14 3. Proof (e.g., card or certificate) of specialty certification(s) for specialty 15 certification premium shall be submitted to Human Resources.
17 B. The nurse qualifying for reimbursement will submit proof of certification or 18 certification renewal with proof of the amount paid (e.g., copy of the check 19 submitted, credit card billing statement (with the credit card number blacked out), 20 money order receipt, etc.) for either the certification examination or renewal fee.
Specialty Certification. The Hospital recognizes the value of nurses being certified in their 14 area of nursing practice. As such, nurses who obtain and maintain a nationally 15 recognized specialty certification will be reimbursed the cost of the:
