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re: If nurses across the US simply got paid more then we wouldn’t have a nursing shortage
Posted on 12/7/23 at 5:51 am to jimmy the leg
Posted on 12/7/23 at 5:51 am to jimmy the leg
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If there is no nursing shortage, then why are all of these travel nursing agencies offering crazy 3 month contracts that pay close to $6,000 a week?
Because hospitals fired those not willing to take the “vaccine.”
Then, they replaced them (at exorbitant rates) as travel nurses.
Once the Covid funding ran out, the hospitals realized that they chose poorly.
Your boy Joe, and his mandates, are the real culprit.
See the military.
to be fair, agency and travel work for nurses has been around far longer than covid.
It just wasn't as utilized near as much as it is now. Nurse's are burned out with hospital greed and are realizing they can do the same work for better pay working for an agency rather than working directly for the hospital.
This problem isn't going to change anytime soon bc hospital corporations as a whole, aren't willing to adjust the pay rate for staff nurses.
I am not saying that in every market/location the pay should be 169$/hr or whatever, but it does need to increase.
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Posted on 12/7/23 at 6:09 am to tigernurse
quote:Not true in Virginia. My wife worked for one of the big hospital groups here, quit and went to NYC for Covid as a traveler and ever since was one back here at home. Until this summer, the same hospital group offered her as much as she was making as a traveler - only catch is she's in a float pool for (5) local hospitals. With the great pay and benefits, I'm retiring a year earlier than I planned.
It just wasn't as utilized near as much as it is now. Nurse's are burned out with hospital greed and are realizing they can do the same work for better pay working for an agency rather than working directly for the hospital.
This problem isn't going to change anytime soon bc hospital corporations as a whole, aren't willing to adjust the pay rate for staff nurses.
So maybe the hospitals are wising up.
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