Texas hospitals hit by staffing crisis as burnout depletes workforce and COVID-19 surges
by Karen Brooks Harper, Texas TribuneTexas nurse Jenna Price gets half a dozen solicitations a day from hospitals and staffing agencies that want to pay her four times her current salary to leave her job at a suburban Central Texas emergency room and take a temporary assignment in another hospital that needs nurses.
“The money is ridiculous,” Price said.
Not to mention tempting — especially after the most traumatic year of her career on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
In Texas, where hospitals are struggling with historically low staffing levels while hospitalizations from the COVID-19 delta variant are skyrocketing, nurses like Price are a hot commodity.
There are 23,000 more unfilled jobs in Texas for registered nurses than there are nurses seeking to fill them, according to a labor analysis by the Texas Workforce Commission.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/05/texas-hospitals-nurses-covid/
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I can confirm that the money is fantastic and the travel is fun, too. I was able to get licensed in a variety of places due to reciprocity. I had a wonderful time!
I'm sorry that Texas is having such a rough time.
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SS and Medicare.
I worry about all the remaining personal.
Is high in healthcare but rarely talked about with full disclosure. I hope she has a strong support system of family and friends that will lift her up and help her feel strong again. Please, send her a hug from me.
Stay strong.
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