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Nurses of The OT, Agencies Paying $11,000/week for NYC strike
Posted on 1/21/26 at 8:57 am
Posted on 1/21/26 at 8:57 am
Scab or not, Not bad for 36-48hrs of work…go make some quick bread.
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Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:00 am to Dragula
Travel nurses are sloots.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:00 am to Dragula
I heard $14k/week
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:02 am to WeeWee
quote:
Most women are sloots.
FIFY
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:05 am to Dragula
Sweet gig.
But does that include the per diem and housing costs.
I am pretty sure a hotel stay may eat away at that 11K pretty quickly.
But does that include the per diem and housing costs.
I am pretty sure a hotel stay may eat away at that 11K pretty quickly.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:07 am to Tarps99
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But does that include the per diem and housing costs.
I think that's on the nurse
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:12 am to Tarps99
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Sweet gig. But does that include the per diem and housing costs. I am pretty sure a hotel stay may eat away at that 11K pretty quickly.
It would depend on contract, some do/ some do not. A lot of full timers share rooms for the week with RN on opposite shift
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:15 am to Dragula
I'm a scab nurse that worked three separate, 5 day strikes last year. AMA
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:16 am to Dragula
My wife was an RN (now NP) (no pics) and the hospitals are absolutely pushing the limits on what safe patient loads are to capitalize on everything they can. Think they have a concept of "safe harbor" where they can claim the patient list is not manageable and the hospital's hand is forced, but there are consequences to that.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:24 am to WhiskeyThrottle
quote:Subtle “My wife knows a uvula ain’t square” brag here.
My wife was an RN (now NP)
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:27 am to LoneStar23
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I'm a scab nurse that worked three separate, 5 day strikes last year. AMA
What was your Gross Pay last year?
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:27 am to soccerfüt
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Subtle “My wife knows a uvula ain’t square” brag here.
Yeah. No big deal.
All reality she has a pretty cool gig. Works for a reconstructive plastic surgeon (not cosmetic stuff). She'll show me pictures of patient wounds sometimes and I have to guess the body part. Generally speaking it all looks like some sort of raw ground beef mess and I never guess the right part.
Spoiler alert, I always guess vagina.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:30 am to Warfox
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What was your Gross Pay last year?
As a regular staff nurse with strike contacts I cleared 140k
No advanced degree
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:35 am to WhiskeyThrottle
quote:Throw her a slight curve next time and say “perineum”.
Spoiler alert, I always guess vagina.
She’ll be impressed with you that you cared to engage.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:01 am to Dragula
NY will probably tax them at 90%
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:02 am to Tarps99
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But does that include the per diem and housing costs.
Pretty sure most do.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:04 am to bad93ex
I heard $350k/week
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:06 am to Tarps99
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But does that include the per diem and housing costs.
I am pretty sure a hotel stay may eat away at that 11K pretty quickly.
Strike contacts are different than travel nurse contracts. You are provided flights, hotels, transportation, daily meal stipends etc. Nothing is out of pocket. That comes at a cost of having no clue what hospital you will be working at, your patient load, or what you are walking into. I've worked at nice places and I've worked at complete dumps where staff will try to screw you over when there on strike contracts.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:53 am to Dragula
The whole travel nurse gig since covid has been insane. You would think that hospitals would figure out how to pay their own nurses the amount they are paying these travel nurses. It is so backwards and doesn't make any sense at all.
You have a nurse who has worked for a hospital for 10 years, all the sudden a travel nurse shows up and is making 3 times as much as said nurse for 6 weeks. The travel nurse isn't going to work half as hard because why would they? They are gone in 6 weeks so who cares? I completely understand where the permanent nurse's frustration is coming from. You would think hospital execs would see this and restructure payment options for permanent nurses to incentivize them staying. Continuity of care is a huge thing and overall will work out better for any healthcare facility.
That being said if I was a nurse I would jump all over the free money.
You have a nurse who has worked for a hospital for 10 years, all the sudden a travel nurse shows up and is making 3 times as much as said nurse for 6 weeks. The travel nurse isn't going to work half as hard because why would they? They are gone in 6 weeks so who cares? I completely understand where the permanent nurse's frustration is coming from. You would think hospital execs would see this and restructure payment options for permanent nurses to incentivize them staying. Continuity of care is a huge thing and overall will work out better for any healthcare facility.
That being said if I was a nurse I would jump all over the free money.
This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 10:54 am
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:09 pm to tigerbait17
Issue is there aren't enough nurses to go around. Always around 85% or so. Thus many facilities will need travelers until the needs are met. Now, about the pay, those crazy rates are long gone since covid. Yeah on occasion you'll see those rates but those are strike contracts and short in duration, usually several weeks or less. Travel nurse pay has come way down to the point many have quit traveling as having to duplicate expenses makes it not financially feasible.
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