In a recent Wall Street Journal article, stock analysts reported that weekly pay for temporary nurses had dropped
another 15% to the low $3,000s, helping to improve the bottom line at investor-owned
hospital groups.
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While travel nurse contracts and wages have been decreasing concurrently with pandemic-related
hospital admissions, many wonder when (if ever) the registered nurses (RNs) who for
the first time in their career decided (for a myriad of reasons) to travel to pandemic
hot spots will return to permanent positions.- Wainer D.
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Biography
Beth A. Brooks, PhD, RN, FACHE, was presented with AONE’s Mentor Award in 2017. Dr. Brooks is President & CEO of The Brooks Group, LLC, a Chicago-based career coaching, personal brand, and consulting firm. She can be reached at [email protected]
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