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staffing shortage

Travel nurses thrive as hospitals budget third-party staffing fees

Holden Abshier

A Chicago-based medical consulting firm found the average travel nurse in the United States makes $132 per hour, which is more than double the 2019 average.
Ghost towns: Nursing home staffing falls amid pandemic

Associated Press

Even before COVID-19 bared the truth of a profit-driven industry with too few caring for society’s most vulnerable, thin staffing was a hallmark of nursing homes around the country.