I. NURSES: EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE PAYMENT

1. Based upon availability of funds, an annual lump sum educational incentive payment will be paid to all Registered Professional Nurses employed on a ward in a facility operating on a three shift, seven-day schedule.
   
   
2. Registered Professional Nurses must be in a nursing position involved in direct care and must commit to serving in such capacity for a period of one year from receipt of payment.
   
   
3. Employees will only be eligible for the highest level of payment.
   
   
4. Payments:
   

   	Bachelor of Science in Nursing	$1,000.00
   	Master of Science in Nursing	$1,500.00
   	Certification by the American Nurse Credentialing Center as a Clinical Nurse Specialist	$2,500.00

   
   
5. Employees must have been functioning as Registered Professional Nurses in accordance with 1 and 2 above for one year by December 1 to be eligible for payment.