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00044 • <br /> ) <br /> t <br /> 300 W Tryon Street <br /> Hillsborough N C 27276 <br /> 732-9361 ext 305 <br /> 117.141' Chapel Hill line 96a-ssoi <br /> HEALTH DEPARTMENT Mebane line 227.2032 <br /> Durham line 6a8-7333 <br /> Carr Mill Mall Suite 225 <br /> ilEMORANDUM 100 N Greensboro 5treet <br /> Carrboro, NC 27510 <br /> 982-4165 <br /> TO: County Commissioners AwyRobinson NIAPA <br /> Ken Thompson, County Manager Director <br /> FROM: Evelyn Lloyd, Vice Chair, Board of Health E.e. <br /> Julio DeAngelis, MD, Board of Hea th <br /> Jerry Robinson, Director <br /> DATE: October 29, 1981 <br /> RE: Optional Nursing Salary Increase <br /> The State Personnel Commission has ruled that nurses' salaries can be optionally <br /> raised by one grade (5%) effective October 1, 1981, and shall be manditorily <br /> raised one grade on July 1, 1982 <br /> At its October 15, 1981 meeting, the Board of Health delegated the above named <br /> individuals the responsibility to approach the Commissioners to request that <br /> our nurses be granted the grade increase retroactive to October 1, 1981. The <br /> Board and Director are concerned about the recent nurse wage inflation amongst <br /> other local employers and its short/long term effect on our department. <br /> Wage Comparison <br /> OCHD <br /> PHNI Memorial* Durham General* Duke* <br /> Hiring 6.25/hr 7.31/hr 8.00/hr 8.00/hr <br /> (Requires B.S. (Requires only (Requires only (Requires only <br /> plus Public non-degreed non-degreed non-degreed <br /> Health Training diploma, no diploma, no diploma, no <br /> /experience) experience) experience) experience) <br /> * OCHD, Public Health Nurse I is compared to staff nurse day rate. The day <br /> work rate excludes differentials for non-day and weekend work. <br /> Our nurses start at grade 65. The following is quoted from an October, 1981 <br /> publication of the NC Nurses' Association: <br /> "As of August 1981, the Personnel Commission set two classifi- <br /> cations for hospital nurses: 1) A newly graduated clinic hospi- <br /> tal nurse changed from grade 65 to 66 (5%). 2) A newly graduated <br /> staff hospital nurse changed from grade 65 to 67 (10%). At <br /> North Carolina Memorial Hospital this same staff nurse changed <br /> to a salary grade equivalent of- 68 (NCMH staff nurses and PHNs <br /> are in the same nursing series). 3) A PUN I proposed change <br /> would be from 65 to 66 (5%)," <br /> _ _ <br />