A comparison of salary-wage and hourly-wage acute care nursing units: a pilot study
| Autor: | Rosa G. Hickey, Anne B. Woods, Barbara L. Buchko, Paula F. Coe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Leadership and Management media_common.quotation_subject Organizations Nonprofit Wage Nurses Pilot Projects Nursing Staff Hospital Critical Care Nursing Unit (housing) Young Adult Nursing Financial analysis Humans Salary Fixed cost health care economics and organizations media_common Salaries and Fringe Benefits Overtime General Medicine Middle Aged Ambulatory care nursing United States Models Economic Scale (social sciences) Female Psychology Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of nursing administration. 45(5) |
| ISSN: | 1539-0721 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE This pilot study examined differences in RN perception of the professional practice environment and financial indicators between salary-wage and hourly-wage compensation models. BACKGROUND There is a dearth of current information regarding use of salary-wage models for compensation for direct care nurses. METHODS A descriptive, comparative design was used to examine the Revised Professional Practice Environment Scale (RPPE) and financial indicators of nurses in a nonprofit healthcare system over a 6-month period. RESULTS Mean scores on the RPPE were significantly lower for hourly-wage RNs, and the hourly-wage model resulted in a 1.2% additional cost for overtime hours compared with the fixed cost of the salary-wage model. CONCLUSIONS Nurses in an hourly-wage unit reported a significantly lower perception of the clinical practice environment than did their peers in a salary-wage unit, indicating that professional practice perceptions in a salary-wage unit may provide a more effective professional practice environment. Financial analysis resulted in a budget-neutral impact. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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