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.
Overtime periods are extra periods beyond the third regulation period during a game, where normal hockey rules apply. Although in the past, full-length overtime periods were played, overtimes today are sudden death, meaning that the game ends immediately when a player scores a goal.For the 1983-84 season, the NHL introduced a regular season overtime period of five minutes, compared to the twenty minutes of regulation periods. April 18, 1987 - Pat LaFontaine of New York Islanders scores a goal against Washington Capitals at 68:47 of overtime which ends longest game seven in NHL playoff history. 2  Islanders goaltender Kelly Hrudey makes a record 73 saves. 3  See Easter Epic.