Healthcare Economist August 23, 2022
Fortune Magazine had 3 articles providing an overview of the labor market for nurses.
- Here’s what nurse salaries look like in 2022
- Is a master’s degree in nursing (MSN) worth it?
- ‘They’re making big money’: How to earn $139,000 as a nurse
In each article, I am quoted. For instance, I discuss the previous trend of increased use of traveling nurses and why this led to higher wages during the COVID-19 pandemic.
There are two primary reasons wages are rising, according to Shafrin, and they both stem from the pandemic. “Nursing has become a more dangerous occupation, particularly in the hospital setting, and wages need to rise to take this risk into account,” he notes.
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