re: Record Number of Covid deaths in Louisiana yesterday.

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I know several nurses able to pull in 6 figures over the last year, but now they are burnt out

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Like I said - nursing shortage

They are burnt out because they are overworked and it’s cheaper to overpay one person with a single set of benefits than two average salaries with two sets of benefits

Here’s the math

1 nurse at 100k = 150k hospital costs
2 nurses at 75k = 250k hospital costs
3 nurses at 50k = 300k hospital costs

So there is a price point per bed the hospitals try and hit to maximize profit. This price point is burning nurses out even though the hospital is “throwing money” at them