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.
433.1 Definition. 1  Straight time pay is the total earnings of an employee for hours of work or authorized paid leave in a service week excluding overtime, EAS additional pay, and other premium pay. 2  As straight time pay for a full pay period, a full-time employee is paid an amount equal to his or her basic hourly rate times 80 hours.