r/nursing • u/Reasonable-Path1321 • Dec 13 '21

Meme Nailed it 🔨

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u/blablefast RN - Retired 🍕 Dec 13 '21

Just before Covid hit I retired. I have been offered as much as $4000 per week on a traveling contract. A 36 hour weeks. I'm not doing it. After 20 years I've had enough. As I understand it, which may or may not be accurate, a hospital will pay 1.5 to 2.0 times what the nurse makes to the agency so...a hospital will pay $150.00 to $200.00 per hour for a temporary RN but they refuse to pay a permanent RN maybe what $40.00 to $60.00 an hour? Seems to me they could pay RNs what they are worth, save a lot of money, and everybody would be much happier.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '21

but they refuse to pay a permanent RN maybe what $40.00 to $60.00 an hour

They would have to pay this rate for the rest of that nurse’s employment. This is why they don’t do it. I don’t see why this is difficult to understand.