The Differences Between a Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist While both Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) are highly educated and experienced in a variety of nursing procedures and practices, the roles remain distinct from one another.
Definition of straight time. 1  1 : the regularly established working time of employees during a standard period (such as a week) excluding time lost through absence or gained through overtime in most industries straight time still exceeds 35 hours a week. 2 : the rate of pay applicable for straight-time work had 40 hours at straight time and 12 hours of overtime pay.
The wages of workers hired by the day or week can be expressed. as an hourly rate merely by dividing the standard wage payment. for the day or week by the standard number of hours worked per. day or week. The basic hourly rate, 'straight time', is the remuneration for an. hour's labor performed during the day shift in the course of the. normal workweek. Hours worked in excess of the hours comprising. the standard workweek are usually compensated at a higher rate, 'overtime', figured as a specified percentage of the straight-time. hourly rate. Work on an evening or night shift also is frequently. compensated at premium rates, determined by adding an absolute.