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Capping nurse pay. Thoughts?
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:09 am
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:09 am
Travel nurse pay - August numbers showed a weekly average rate of over $2.5K, compared to a December 2019 average weekly pay of just over $1K.
During the pandemic, there have been both state and federal moves towards enacting legislation specifically aimed towards more regulation for staffing agencies and limiting travel nurse pay rates.
Thoughts? Some states have already begun capping wages paid through staffing agencies. IMO bedside nursing is grueling work and I feel they deserve to get paid whatever the market is offering.
During the pandemic, there have been both state and federal moves towards enacting legislation specifically aimed towards more regulation for staffing agencies and limiting travel nurse pay rates.
Thoughts? Some states have already begun capping wages paid through staffing agencies. IMO bedside nursing is grueling work and I feel they deserve to get paid whatever the market is offering.
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Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:11 am to alexahet
Travel pay is there because people will pay it.
Unless there is a nationwide cap, any state that has a cap on pay is just going to see their headcount numbers drop as those nurses head elsewhere.
Unless there is a nationwide cap, any state that has a cap on pay is just going to see their headcount numbers drop as those nurses head elsewhere.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:13 am to alexahet
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Thoughts? Some states have already begun capping wages paid through staffing agencies. IMO bedside nursing is grueling work and I feel they deserve to get paid whatever the market is offering.
The Federal money dumped in the health system created this (in part). We’ve had a nursing shortage for years and the pandemic just highlighted it.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:13 am to alexahet
Travel nurses are scammers. Screw them
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:14 am to teke184
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Travel pay is there because people will pay it.
Eh. There is some degree of gouging going on by agency. We don’t let Lowe’s charge $10,000 for a generator during a hurricane.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:15 am to momentoftruth87
Scammers is overstating it.
I find that the people who do travel are either ones with no roots who want to make money or who are of questionable quality.
Being a travel nurse covers up a lot of issues with the latter because they can just take another posting.
I find that the people who do travel are either ones with no roots who want to make money or who are of questionable quality.
Being a travel nurse covers up a lot of issues with the latter because they can just take another posting.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:16 am to alexahet
My wife is a nurse, so no
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:16 am to the808bass
This has been going on for FAR longer than the current shortage.
I was hearing about the money in travel nursing probably 15 years ago from a coworker who was going through nursing school at the time.
She finished up long enough ago to have worked at the Earl and quit the profession before the Earl shut down, so that was quite a while ago.
I was hearing about the money in travel nursing probably 15 years ago from a coworker who was going through nursing school at the time.
She finished up long enough ago to have worked at the Earl and quit the profession before the Earl shut down, so that was quite a while ago.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:18 am to alexahet
Anyone who supports capping a person's pay is not a conservative. It is directly capitalism, supply and demand.
Can't believe people are even discussing this. Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos needs capped before nurses do.
Can't believe people are even discussing this. Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos needs capped before nurses do.
This post was edited on 2/7/22 at 9:20 am
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:19 am to alexahet
There’s already a nursing shortage. Caps on pay will only make it worse and ultimately lead to the system being even more overburdened, so it will fail and they can finally bring in socialized medicine.
If these nurses are willing to travel and be compensated for it when no one else will work, why is it an issue?
If these nurses are willing to travel and be compensated for it when no one else will work, why is it an issue?
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:19 am to LB84
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It is directly capitalism, supply and demand.
So you are against price gouging laws.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:20 am to alexahet
quote:let the market decide, get govt the hell out of industry
Thoughts?
All the govt does it frick things up. The amount of unintended consequences that would spiral from these ideas are never considered until it’s too late
History has proven even well intentioned govt intervention has disastrous consequences and should be avoided AT ALL COST. But some people never learn and are desperate for daddy govt to save them from things they don’t like
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:20 am to alexahet
I am usually not one for capping anything and letting free markets reign but healthcare is not a free market. It, like tuition cost, did not go up until the Government got involved via medicare then insurance compounded the problem.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:21 am to TerryDawg03
Pretty much.
If a facility has a ton of travel nurses and not a lot of permanent staff, that is often a sign that the facility has some serious problems with the workload given to the permanent staff.
If you burn people out, they quit at worst or have no loyalty at best and will look for a better landing spot.
If a facility has a ton of travel nurses and not a lot of permanent staff, that is often a sign that the facility has some serious problems with the workload given to the permanent staff.
If you burn people out, they quit at worst or have no loyalty at best and will look for a better landing spot.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:26 am to the808bass
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So you are against price gouging laws.
Are you saying healthcare is a right and that it's okay to cap someone's labor?
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:31 am to alexahet
Immoral and seemingly illegal.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:33 am to LB84
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Are you saying healthcare is a right and that it's okay to cap someone's labor?
You didn’t answer the question.
Capping nurse pay isn’t the answer. But simplistic, binary approaches to the issue isn’t the answer either.
Are you for or against price gouging laws?
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:34 am to alexahet
sure right after they limit what a hospital can charge or how much doctors make....
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:34 am to alexahet
Would rather cap teachers' pay. At least the nurses are working during Covid without whining incessantly and shutting down the hospitals.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 9:36 am to alexahet
While I'm not in favor of capping someone's earnings, what they are doing is effectively price gouging and possibly colluding to keep the prices high. Those two pieces merit investigation.
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