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.
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. 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.