SoTXAg09 said:
It sounds like an industry that was already stretched thin pre-COVID, and the pandemic has just exacerbated things.
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Factors include exhaustion-fueled retirements and resignations; absences due to illness and quarantine; immigration limits in recent years; and the lure of lucrative "travel" contracts from competing employers around the country. Now, add vaccine resistance to the mix.
The travel contracts have been brought up here before; these nurses are now able to work less and make the same or better money. Sounds like a no-brainer if travel isn't a problem.
For most of these nurses, "travel" means a short drive down the road.
We've had some quit just to turn around and be PRN nurses at our own institution, effectively given themselves a large pay raise.
I mean, it's hard to fault them for managing to make their entire yearly wage in 1/3 the time.
But it does cause problems for those who haven't left, as they are working alongside someone who is doing the exact same job but making 3x as much.
There are also more people retiring after this long bull run.
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