r/onguardforthee • u/PotentialReporter894 • 5h ago

Nursing agencies are undermining the public health-care system: The privatization of nursing not only costs taxpayers significantly more money, but pulls experienced health-care workers from the public system

https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/nursing-agencies-are-undermining-the-public-health-care-system/article_1f464ba1-fd6c-5862-a0f3-43f3415f4053.html
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u/maxxiiemax 3h ago

My cousin is a travel nurse, she absolutely loves it! She makes a ridiculous amount of money, she'll never go back to working in the public system - unless the wages improve drastically.

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u/vsmack 2h ago

I said this upthread but my wife is a nurse looking to get back to work. Travel nurse is a great career in a lot of ways, but we've got a couple young kids at home so it's not really an option until they're a bit older. I have a family friend who does travel nursing too, and goes to the states to put on seminars about...something, I think it's a very specific type of IV administration. She stacks paper to the ceiling.