Common use of Educational Development Clause in Contracts

Educational Development. C. Workshops, Courses, Seminars, and Other Educational Programs: A nurse may use up to seven- hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) per year, paid at one- hundred percent (100%) of the amount provided in this Ssection, for workshops, courses, seminars and other types of educational programs that are: 1. Ppart of a plan to prepare the nurse for a second clinical service. The nature of the program shall be determined by agreement between the nurse and the hospital, taking into account the hospital’s needs and the nurse’s interest. Nurses participating in such program shall receive reimbursement for approved courses taken thereunder upon satisfactory completion of the workshop, course, seminar or educational program. Nurses so participating shall be given preference in floating to the secondary clinical area and agree to float to such area as needed. Participation in the program shall be voluntary and completed on the nurse’s own time. The provisions of this subsection shall be applicable only to nurses regularly working at least thirty-two (32) hours per two- (2) week pay period at the time of the agreement between the nurse and the hospital, or 2. Ppreparing for national certification for the nurse’s area of practice, including re-certification (see Appendix A – Recognized Degree and Certification programsa list of currently recognized certification programs is attached as Appendix A), or 3. Rrelated to complementary therapies that may enhance the nurse’s skills, or 4. Rrelated to the nurse’s clinical area of practice.

Educational Development. C. Workshops, Courses, Seminars, and Other Educational Programs: A nurse may use up to seven- hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00750) per year, paid at one- hundred percent (100%) of the amount provided in this SsectionSection, for workshops, courses, seminars seminars, and other types of educational programs that are: 1. Ppart of a plan to prepare the nurse for a second clinical service. The nature of the program shall be determined by agreement between the nurse and the hospitalHospital, taking into account the hospitalHospital’s needs and the nurse’s interest. Nurses participating in such program shall receive reimbursement for approved courses taken thereunder upon satisfactory completion of the workshop, course, seminar seminar, or educational program. Nurses so participating shall be given preference in floating to the secondary clinical area and agree to float to such area as needed. Participation in the program shall be voluntary and completed on the nurse’s own time. The provisions of this subsection shall be applicable only to nurses regularly working at least thirty-two (32) hours per two- (2) week pay period at the time of the agreement between the nurse and the hospitalHospital, or 2. Ppreparing for national certification for the nurse’s area of practice, including re-certification recertification (see Appendix A – –- Recognized Degree and Certification programsa list of currently recognized certification programs is attached as Appendix APrograms), or 3. Rrelated to complementary therapies that may enhance the nurse’s skills, or 4. Rrelated to the nurse’s clinical area of practice.

Educational Development. C. Workshops, Courses, Seminars, and Other Educational Programs: A benefit-eligible nurse may use up to seven- hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) per year, paid at one- hundred percent (100%) of the amount provided in this SsectionSection, for workshops, courses, seminars and other types of educational programs that are: 1. Ppart Part of a plan to prepare the nurse for a second clinical service. The nature of the program shall be determined by agreement between the nurse and the hospitalHospital, taking into account the hospitalHospital’s needs and the nurse’s interest. Nurses participating in such program shall receive reimbursement for approved courses taken thereunder upon satisfactory completion of the workshop, course, seminar seminar, or educational program. Nurses so participating shall be given preference in floating to the secondary clinical area and agree to float to such area as needed. Participation in the program shall be voluntary and completed on the nurse’s own time. The provisions of this subsection shall be applicable only to nurses regularly working at least thirty-two (32) hours per two- (2) week pay period at the time of the agreement between the nurse and the hospitalHospital, or 2. Ppreparing Preparing for national certification for the nurse’s area of practice, including re-certification recertification (see Appendix A – –- Recognized Degree and Certification programsa list of currently recognized certification programs is attached as Appendix APrograms), or 3. Rrelated Related to complementary therapies that may enhance the nurse’s skills, or 4. Rrelated Related to the nurse’s clinical area of practice.